Directory traversal vulnerability in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and write to arbitrary files via vectors related to improper sanitization of the file_name parameter, aka POINTYFEATHER.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2016-12-09T22:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2025-08-06T21:12:29.246Z
Reserved: 2016-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2016-6321

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:29:18.337Z

Status : Deferred
Published: 2016-12-09T22:59:00.170
Modified: 2025-08-06T22:15:28.107
Link: CVE-2016-6321
