Directory Traversal Affecting perl package, versions <5.10.0-19


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.92% (83rd percentile)
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NVD
6.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-PERL-327805
  • published 2 Nov 2007
  • disclosed 2 Nov 2007

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 perl to version 5.10.0-19 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl package and not the perl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.