Low severity3.9NVD Advisory· Published Apr 7, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-36314
CVE-2020-36314
Description
fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.38.0, as used by GNOME Shell and other software, allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink in certain complex situations. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-11736.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:a:gnome:file-roller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:file-roller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.38.0
- (no CPE)range: <=3.38.0
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- GNOME/file-rollerdescription
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/file-rollerpkg:rpm/opensuse/file-roller&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/file-roller&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5
< 3.28.1-4.el8+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.28.1-4.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 3.40.0-3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.20.3-15.9.1
Patches
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References
3- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/-/commit/e970f4966bf388f6e7c277357c8b186c645683aenvdPatchVendor Advisory
- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/-/issues/108nvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6KJBZVCHQ4SSX2JAJZVJ5J4P3GEMXJ75/nvd
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