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“Astral-tokio-tar” / “uv” Arbitrary Write Path Traversal Vulnerability

**security-research** Public # “Astral-tokio-tar” / “uv” Arbitrary Write Path Traversal Vulnerability ## Package ## Affected versions ## Patched versions ## Description ### Summary “astral-tokio-tar”, a Rust crate used by the popular tool “uv”, has a vulnerability that allows arbitrary file writes when unpacking tar files. In “uv” this vulnerability allows […]

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Injection for an athlete

After yet another workout where my sports watch completely lost GPS, I’d had enough. I decided to dig into its firmware and pinpoint the problem. I couldn’t find it published anywhere. No download section, no public archive, nothing. So, I changed tactics and went in through the Android app instead, […]

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