CVE-2007-4131

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4131
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2007-4131.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2007-4131
Related
Published
2007-08-25T00:17:00Z
Modified
2024-06-30T12:00:03Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Directory traversal vulnerability in the containsdotdot 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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / tar

Package

Name
tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tar?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.18-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:12 / tar

Package

Name
tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tar?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.18-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:13 / tar

Package

Name
tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tar?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.18-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}