CVE-2007-4131 Affecting tar package, versions <1.18-2
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1.95% (89th
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-TAR-1560291
- published 25 Aug 2007
- disclosed 25 Aug 2007
Introduced: 25 Aug 2007
CVE-2007-4131 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 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:12 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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4131
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477731/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477865/100/0/threaded
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1631
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-383.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html
- http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:10.gtar.asc
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-09.xml
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10420
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7779
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251921
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26573
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26590
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26603
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26604
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26655
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26673
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26674
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26781
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26822
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26984
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27453
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27861
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28255
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25417
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018599
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-506-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2958
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0860.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:173
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021680.1-1
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