VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-4420
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the (1) tar_extract_glob and (2) tar_extract_all functions in libtar 1.2.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a ..
MEDIUM 5.8EPSS 3.28%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the (1) tar_extract_glob and (2) tar_extract_all functions in libtar 1.2.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a crafted tar file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.28% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- feep/libtar
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2863
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=731860
- https://lists.feep.net:8080/pipermail/libtar/2014-February/000403.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2863
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=731860
- https://lists.feep.net:8080/pipermail/libtar/2014-February/000403.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.