CVE-2007-4829

Summary

CVECVE-2007-4829
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-11-02 16:46:00 UTC
Updated2018-08-08 13:48:00 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in the Archive::Tar Perl module 1.36 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a TAR archive that contains a file whose name is an absolute path or has ".." sequences.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Archive tar_project archive tar
Application Archive tar_project archive\ \ tar
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #30380 for Archive-Tar: directory traversal vulnerability in Archive-Tar MISC rt.cpan.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
295021 – (CVE-2007-4829) CVE-2007-4829 perl-Archive-Tar directory traversal flaws CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu update for perl - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Perl Archive::Tar Module Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-700-1: Perl vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1716 CONFIRM issues.rpath.com Broken Link
USN-700-2: Perl regression | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Permissions Required
Archive::Tar: Directory traversal vulnerability — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO www.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
40410 OSVDB osvdb.org Broken Link
Bug #30380 for Archive-Tar: directory traversal vulnerability in Archive-Tar MISC rt.cpan.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA33116 - Gentoo update for Archive-Tar - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Perl Archive::Tar Directory Traversal Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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