CVE-2018-12015

Summary

CVECVE-2018-12015
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-06-07 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and overwrite arbitrary files, via an archive file containing a symlink and a regular file with the same name.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Application Archive tar_project archive tar
Application Archive tar_project archive\ \ tar
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Netapp Data Ontap Edge - All All All
Application Netapp Data Ontap Edge - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation - All All All
Application Netapp Snapdrive - All All All
Application Netapp Snapdrive - All All All
Application Netapp Snap Creator Framework - All All All
Application Netapp Snap Creator Framework - All All All
Application Perl Perl All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2019-3-25-2 macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra FULLDISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
#900834 - perl: CVE-2018-12015: Archive::Tar: directory traversal - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4226-1 perl DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3684-1: Perl vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3684-2: Perl vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2018-12015 Perl Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Perl CVE-2018-12015 Directory Traversal Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
About the security content of macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Bugtraq: APPLE-SA-2019-3-25-2 macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra BUGTRAQ seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Perl Directory Traversal Flaw in Archive::Tar Lets Remote Users Ovewrite Files on the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296091 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 6.1.4 Missing (CPUJAN2019)
  • 377525 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for perl-archive-tar (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0088)
  • 500524 Alpine Linux Security Update for perl
  • 504285 Alpine Linux Security Update for perl
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