CVE catalog
CVE-2016-10173
ruby-minitar: CVE-2016-10173
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 4.70% · Oct 25, 2026
Directory traversal vulnerability in the minitar before 0.6 and archive-tar-minitar 0.5.2 gems for Ruby allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a TAR archive entry.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ruby-minitar | sid | 1.1.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | ruby-minitar | forky | 1.1.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | ruby-minitar | trixie | 0.9-1 | fixed |
| Debian | ruby-minitar | bookworm | 0.9-1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | rubygem-minitar | tumbleweed | 0.9-1.21 | fixed |
| Opensuse | rubygem-minitar | tumbleweed | 0.9-1.19 | fixed |
| Opensuse | ruby3.2-rubygem-minitar | tumbleweed | 0.9-1.13 | fixed |
| Opensuse | rubygem-minitar | tumbleweed | 0.9-1.17 | fixed |
| Suse | rubygem-archive-tar-minitar | linux enterprise module for containers 12 | 0.5.2-7.3.65 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | ruby-archive-tar-minitar | 14.04 | 0.5.2-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby-archive-tar-minitar | 14.04 | 0.5.2-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | ruby-minitar | 16.04 | 0.5.4-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby-minitar | 16.04 | 0.5.4-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby-minitar | 16.04 | 0.5.4-3.1build0.16.04.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ruby-minitar | source | sid | 0.5.4-3.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [853075] |
| Debian | ruby-minitar | source | forky | 0.5.4-3.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [853075] |
| Debian | ruby-minitar | source | trixie | 0.5.4-3.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [853075] |
| Debian | ruby-minitar | source | bookworm | 0.5.4-3.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [853075] |
| Opensuse | rubygem-minitar | rpm | tumbleweed | 0.9-1.21 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10354-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | rubygem-minitar | rpm | tumbleweed | 0.9-1.19 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15121-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | ruby3.2-rubygem-minitar | rpm | tumbleweed | 0.9-1.13 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13163-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | rubygem-minitar | rpm | tumbleweed | 0.9-1.17 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14172-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | rubygem-archive-tar-minitar | rpm | linux enterprise module for containers 12 | 0.5.2-7.3.65 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2021:0115-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | ruby-archive-tar-minitar | deb | 14.04 | 0.5.2-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10173 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | ruby-minitar | deb | 16.04 | 0.5.4-3.1build0.16.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10173 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
- [ruby4.0-rubygem-minitar]Unknown
Source package: [rubygem-minitar]
Details (1)
0.9-1.24· x86_64 · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
0.9-1.17, 0.9-1.19, 0.9-1.21Version impact unknown
dsa · rubygem-minitar · opensuse · tumbleweed
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [ruby-minitar]Fixed
Details (2)
0.9-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.5.4-3.1dsa · ruby-minitar · debian · bookworm; dsa · ruby-minitar · debian · 12
0.9-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.5.4-3.1dsa · ruby-minitar · debian · bookworm; dsa · ruby-minitar · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [ruby-minitar]Fixed
Details (2)
0.9-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.5.4-3.1dsa · ruby-minitar · debian · 13
0.9-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.5.4-3.1dsa · ruby-minitar · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2021_0115-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10173]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-808-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3778-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2021:0115-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10173]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:13163-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14172-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:15121-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2026:10354-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10173]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-10173.json]
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