CVE-2007-4134

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4134
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-08-30 22:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in extract.c in star before 1.5a84 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Fedora 7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/alpha/AN-1.5a84 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.berlios.de
Gentoo update for star - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: star-1.5a84-2.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch
ASA-2007-414 (RHSA-2007-0873) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo Bug 189690 - app-arch/star: Directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2007-4134) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Patch
Avaya Products Star Directory Traversal Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Star '//' Pathname Validation Flaw Lets Remote Users Create/Ovewrite Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Red Hat update for star - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Star Directory Traversal Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Star: Directory traversal vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1669 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
rPath update for star - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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