CVE-2016-6321

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sanitization of the file_name parameter, aka POINTYFEATHER."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en la funci\u00f3n safer_name_suffix en GNU tar 1.14 hasta la versi\u00f3n 1.29 podr\u00edan permitir a atacantes remotos eludir un mecanismo de protecci\u00f3n previsto y escribir en archivos arbitarios a trav\u00e9s de vectores relacionados con una desinfecci\u00f3n inadecuada del par\u00e1metro file_name, tambi\u00e9n conocida como POINTYFEATHER."}], "lastModified": "2025-08-06T22:15:28.107", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "B87C1F89-63A8-4955-9C42-3B49EC1C1C78"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "7FE339D0-D585-440D-8BD4-5183833258F4"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "B8B4A20D-AAD0-4857-AC0F-D221EBB08BFD"}, {"criteria": 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