CVE-2007-4131

Summary

CVECVE-2007-4131
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-08-25 00:17:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-15 21:33:00 UTC
DescriptionDirectory 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Tar 1.13 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.11 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.14 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.16 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.17 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.18 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.19 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.25 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.5 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.14 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.14.90 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.15 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.15.1 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.15.90 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.15.91 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.16 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.11 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.14 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.16 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.17 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.18 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.19 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.25 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.5 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.14 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.14.90 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.15 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.15.1 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.15.90 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.15.91 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.16 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All as All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All desktop All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All es All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All ws All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All as All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All desktop All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All es All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All ws All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0 All client All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0 All client All
Operating System Rpath Rpath Linux 1 All All All
Operating System Rpath Rpath Linux 1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
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rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Patch
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Advisories | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Gentoo update for tar - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
2007-0026 TRUSTIX www.trustix.org
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA07-352A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities CERT www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Ubuntu update for tar - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1438-1 tar DEBIAN www.debian.org
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rPath update for tar - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
GNU Tar Dot_Dot Function Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Trustix Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
[#RPL-1631] tar, star, CVE-2001-1267 CVE-2002-0399 CVE-2007-4131 - rPath Issue Tracking System CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
Avaya Products tar Directory Traversal Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GNU Tar: Directory traversal vulnerability GENTOO security.gentoo.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - GNU tar contains_dot_dot() Directory Traversal Bug Lets Remote Users Overwrite Files SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
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