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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-6321

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.

  • Published: Dec 9, 2016
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-6321
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

OWASP TOP 10:

Software From Fixed in
gnu / tar 1.26 1.26.x
gnu / tar 1.27.1 1.27.1.x
gnu / tar 1.23 1.23.x
gnu / tar 1.29 1.29.x
gnu / tar 1.25 1.25.x
gnu / tar 1.22 1.22.x
gnu / tar 1.18 1.18.x
gnu / tar 1.19 1.19.x
gnu / tar 1.20 1.20.x
gnu / tar 1.17 1.17.x
gnu / tar 1.27 1.27.x
gnu / tar 1.15.90 1.15.90.x
gnu / tar 1.16 1.16.x
gnu / tar 1.28 1.28.x
gnu / tar 1.14 1.14.x
gnu / tar 1.24 1.24.x
gnu / tar 1.15.91 1.15.91.x
gnu / tar 1.15 1.15.x
gnu / tar 1.15.1 1.15.1.x
gnu / tar 1.21 1.21.x
gnu / tar 1.16.1 1.16.1.x