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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2007-4829

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Archive::Tar Perl module 1.36 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a TAR archive that contains a file whose name is an absolute path or has ".." sequences.

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 4.29%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Archive::Tar Perl module 1.36 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a TAR archive that contains a file whose name is an absolute path or has ".." sequences.

CVSS 2.0
6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
4.29% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
archive\/\ · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.