CVE-2018-12015

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 38.45% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104423 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041048 vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4226 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3684-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3684-2/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/42 third party advisory mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/49 third party advisory mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2097 vendor advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900834 mailing list exploit third party advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180927-0001/ third party advisory patch
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209600 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-12015?
CVE-2018-12015 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-12015?
To fix CVE-2018-12015, 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-2018-12015 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-12015 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~38% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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