CVE-2013-4420

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4420
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-02-20 16:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the (1) tar_extract_glob and (2) tar_extract_all functions in libtar 1.2.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a crafted tar file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.003760000 probability, percentile 0.591550000 (date 2026-05-05)

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Feep Libtar 1.2.11 All All All
Application Feep Libtar 1.2.13 All All All
Application Feep Libtar 1.2.14 All All All
Application Feep Libtar 1.2.15 All All All
Application Feep Libtar 1.2.16 All All All
Application Feep Libtar 1.2.17 All All All
Application Feep Libtar 1.2.18 All All All
Application Feep Libtar 1.2.19 All All All
Application Feep Libtar All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
lists.feep.net/pipermail/libtar/2014-February/000403.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.feep.net
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2863-1 libtar af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
#731860 - libtar: CVE-2013-4420: directory traversal when extracting archives - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 670544 EulerOS Security Update for libtar (EulerOS-SA-2021-2302)
  • 900227 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for libtar 1.2.20
  • 901447 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libtar (6651-1)
  • 903337 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libtar (1886)
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