An issue was discovered in GNOME file-roller before 3.29.91. It allows a single ./../ path traversal via a filename contained in a TAR archive, possibly overwriting a file during extraction.
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4537
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4139-1/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/57
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00032.html
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/commit/e8fb3e24dae711e4fb0d6777e0016cdda8787bc1
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/commit/57268e51e59b61c9e3125eb0f65551c7084297e2