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CVE-2007-4131 Affecting tar package, versions <1.18-2

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 2.41% (90th percentile)
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NVD
6.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-TAR-312318
  • published 25 Aug 2007
  • disclosed 25 Aug 2007
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Introduced: 25 Aug 2007

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How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 tar to version 1.18-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tar package and not the tar package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the contains_dot_dot function in src/names.c in GNU tar allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //.. (slash slash dot dot) sequences in directory symlinks in a TAR archive.

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