VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-4134
Directory traversal vulnerability in extract.c in star before 1.5a84 allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //..
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 3.01%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.01%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in extract.c in star before 1.5a84 allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //.. (slash slash dot dot) sequences in directory symlinks in a TAR archive.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.01% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- redhat/fedora
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/alpha/AN-1.5a84
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26626
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26672
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26673
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26857
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27318
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27544
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018646
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-414.htm
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-23.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-August/msg00425.htmlPatch
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0873.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478797/100/200/threaded
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189690Patch
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1669
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11098
- ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/alpha/AN-1.5a84
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26626
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26672
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26673
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26857
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27318
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27544
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018646
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-414.htm
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-23.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-August/msg00425.htmlPatch
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0873.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.