Directory Traversal Affecting perl-libs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.34% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-PERLLIBS-1994131
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Jun 2018

Introduced: 7 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-12015  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 perl-libs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-libs package and not the perl-libs package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and overwrite arbitrary files, via an archive file containing a symlink and a regular file with the same name.