Vulnerability in GNU Tar
CVE-2007-4131
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.027 (86.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Tar — versions 1.13, 1.13.5, 1.13.11
- Rpath Linux — versions 1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 4.0, 5.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 5.0
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-383.htm
- secunia.com/advisories/26673 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26822 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 (vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26655 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/27453 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html (vendor-advisory)