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Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/38092?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/38092?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-88p2-xuah-2ygr", "summary": "Links in archive can create arbitrary directories\nWhen unpacking a tarball that contains a symlink the tar crate may create directories outside of the directory it's supposed to unpack into. The function errors when it's trying to create a file, but the folders are already created at this point.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2021-38511" }, { "alias": "GHSA-62jx-8vmh-4mcw" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/581070?format=api", "purl": "pkg:cargo/tar@0.4.36", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:cargo/tar@0.4.36" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/938857?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/rust-tar@0.4.37-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/rust-tar@0.4.37-1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/938852?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/rust-tar@0.4.38-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-ehdy-7aak-r3bt" }, 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"pkg:deb/debian/rust-tar@0.4.45-2?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/rust-tar@0.4.45-2%3Fdistro=trixie" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/995263?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/rust-tar@0.4.26-1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-88p2-xuah-2ygr" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ehdy-7aak-r3bt" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-qj1y-b8m1-hyfm" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/rust-tar@0.4.26-1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/938854?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/rust-tar@0.4.26-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-88p2-xuah-2ygr" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ehdy-7aak-r3bt" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-qj1y-b8m1-hyfm" } ], "resource_url": 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