CVE-2007-4559

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4559
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-08-28 01:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall functions in the tarfile module in Python allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive, a related issue to CVE-2001-1267.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a | CWE-22 CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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
Application Python Python All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Python-Dev] tarfile and directory traversal vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail.python.org Exploit, Mailing List
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
Python tarfile Module Directory Traversal and Symlink Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Bug 263261 – CVE-2007-4559 python tarfile module directory traversal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/messag... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/messag... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/mess... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/mess... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[Python-Dev] tarfile and directory traversal vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail.python.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/mess... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Samba: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202309-06) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/messag... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-10-15Joshua BressersRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263261 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 161059 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python-pip (ELSA-2023-6694)
  • 161073 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python3.11-pip (ELSA-2023-6324)
  • 161120 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python3.9 (ELSA-2023-6659)
  • 161128 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python3.11 (ELSA-2023-6494)
  • 161134 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python3.11-pip (ELSA-2023-6914)
  • 161140 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python3 (ELSA-2023-7151)
  • 161146 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python39:3.9 and python39-devel:3.9 (ELSA-2023-7034)
  • 161148 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python3.11 (ELSA-2023-7024)
  • 161165 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 (ELSA-2023-7050)
  • 161169 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python-pip (ELSA-2023-7176)
  • 242280 Red Hat Update for python-pip (RHSA-2023:6694)
  • 242304 Red Hat Update for python3.11 (RHSA-2023:6494)
  • 242323 Red Hat Update for python3.9 (RHSA-2023:6659)
  • 242328 Red Hat Update for python3.11-pip (RHSA-2023:6324)
  • 242344 Red Hat Update for rh-python38-python (RHSA-2023:6793)
  • 242412 Red Hat Update for python3.11 (RHSA-2023:7024)
  • 242414 Red Hat Update for python39:3.9 and python39-devel:3.9 (RHSA-2023:7034)
  • 242420 Red Hat Update for python3.11-pip (RHSA-2023:6914)
  • 242431 Red Hat Update for python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 (RHSA-2023:7050)
  • 242435 Red Hat Update for python-pip (RHSA-2023:7176)
  • 242444 Red Hat Update for python3 (RHSA-2023:7151)
  • 242730 Red Hat Update for python-pip (RHSA-2024:0374)
  • 242742 Red Hat Update for python3 (RHSA-2024:0430)
  • 242829 Red Hat Update for python-pip (RHSA-2024:0587)
  • 285358 Fedora Security Update for python3.6 (FEDORA-2024-d1f1084584)
  • 285359 Fedora Security Update for python3.6 (FEDORA-2024-ebb3c95344)
  • 379247 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for python-pip (ALINUX3-SA-2024:0005)
  • 379638 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for python3 (ALINUX3-SA-2024:0040)
  • 673632 EulerOS Security Update for python3 (EulerOS-SA-2023-2705)
  • 674058 EulerOS Security Update for python3 (EulerOS-SA-2023-2663)
  • 710751 Gentoo Linux Samba Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202309-06)
  • 754078 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python36 (SUSE-SU-2023:2473-1)
  • 754099 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python3 (SUSE-SU-2023:2517-1)
  • 754211 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python39 (SUSE-SU-2023:2957-1)
  • 755840 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python39 (SUSE-SU-2023:2641-1)
  • 755855 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python311 (SUSE-SU-2023:2937-1)
  • 900115 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for python2 2.7.18
  • 900180 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for python3 3.7.10
  • 901696 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python2 (6822-1)
  • 901835 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python3 (6828)
  • 903355 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python3 (5430)
  • 903443 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python2 (3450)
  • 905788 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python2 (3450-1)
  • 908049 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python3 (6828-1)
  • 941360 AlmaLinux Security Update for python3.9 (ALSA-2023:6659)
  • 941365 AlmaLinux Security Update for python3.11 (ALSA-2023:6494)
  • 941377 AlmaLinux Security Update for python-pip (ALSA-2023:6694)
  • 941378 AlmaLinux Security Update for python3.11-pip (ALSA-2023:6324)
  • 941427 AlmaLinux Security Update for python3.11 (ALSA-2023:7024)
  • 941445 AlmaLinux Security Update for python-pip (ALSA-2023:7176)
  • 941446 AlmaLinux Security Update for python3 (ALSA-2023:7151)
  • 941449 AlmaLinux Security Update for python3.11-pip (ALSA-2023:6914)
  • 941465 AlmaLinux Security Update for python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 (ALSA-2023:7050)
  • 941467 AlmaLinux Security Update for python39:3.9 and python39-devel:3.9 (ALSA-2023:7034)
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