CVE-2007-4131
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.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 6.8 Medium
- Status
- Modified - secalert@redhat.com
- Published
- 2007-08-25
- Last modified
- 2024-08-07
Affected products
References
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251921
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
- 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://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:10.gtar.asc
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-09.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021680.1-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-383.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:173
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0860.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477731/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477865/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25417
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018599
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/
