CVE-2020-36314

Updated: 2026-02-27 00:29:23.926465

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.


Links NIST CIRCL RHEL Ubuntu

Severity

Severity Score
CVSS Version 2.x LOW 2.6
CVSS Version 3.x LOW 3.9

Status

OS name Project name Version Score Severity Status Errata Last updated

Statement

CentOS 6 ELS file-roller 2.28.2 3.9 LOW Ignored 2024-05-06 17:22:42 Ignored due to low severity
CentOS 8.4 ELS file-roller 3.28.1 3.9 LOW Released CLSA-2022:1643124469 2022-01-25 17:06:35
CentOS 8.5 ELS file-roller 3.28.1 3.9 LOW Not Vulnerable 2022-02-08 05:24:51 Not affected: in this distribution, file-roller 3.28.1 is shipped as 3.28.1-4 (Apr 15, 2021), which ...
CloudLinux 6 ELS file-roller 2.28.2 3.9 LOW Ignored 2024-05-06 17:22:42 Ignored due to low severity
Debian 10 ELS file-roller 3.30.1 3.9 LOW Ignored 2025-10-11 00:23:27 Ignored due to low severity
Oracle Linux 6 ELS file-roller 2.28.2 3.9 LOW Ignored 2024-05-06 17:22:42 Ignored due to low severity
Ubuntu 16.04 ELS file-roller 3.16.5 3.9 LOW Ignored 2021-11-02 14:03:16 Ignored due to low severity