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CVE-2007-4131

Published: Aug 25, 2007 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4131
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Directory traversal vulnerability in the contains_dot_dot function in src/names.c in GNU tar allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //.. (slash slash dot dot) sequences in directory symlinks in a TAR archive.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Enterprise_linuxRedhat4.0 (including)4.0 (including)
Enterprise_linuxRedhat5.0 (including)5.0 (including)
Enterprise_linux_desktopRedhat5.0 (including)5.0 (including)
Rpath_linuxRpath1 (including)1 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHattar-0:1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHattar-2:1.15.1-23.0.1.el5*
TarUbuntudapper*
TarUbuntudevel*
TarUbuntuedgy*
TarUbuntufeisty*

References

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