[Secure-testing-team] Bug#853075: ruby-minitar: CVE-2016-10173: directory traversal vulnerability

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: ruby-minitar
Version: 0.5.4-3
Severity: grave
Tags: security upstream patch
Forwarded: https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for ruby-minitar.

CVE-2016-10173[0]:
directory traversal vulnerability

There is an upstream bug for it at [1], which as well references a
minimal patch from SuSE for the issue at [2].

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10173
[1] https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16
[2] https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1021740#c5

Regards,
Salvatore