CVE-2007-4829

Description

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.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.49% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/33116 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11658 signature third party advisory vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38285 third party advisory vdb entry
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=29517 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3755 vdb entry permissions required
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26355 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/40410 vdb entry broken link
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1716 broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/27539 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33314 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=295021 third party advisory issue tracking
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-4829?
CVE-2007-4829 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-4829?
To fix CVE-2007-4829, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-4829 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-4829 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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