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
- http://osvdb.org/40410Broken Link
- http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=29517Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27539Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33116Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33314Third Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26355Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3755Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=295021Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38285Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1716Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11658Third Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/40410Broken Link
- http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=29517Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27539Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33116Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33314Third Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26355Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3755Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=295021Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38285Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1716Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11658Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.