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CVE-2007-4131 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251921 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26573 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26590 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26603 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26604 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26655 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26673 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26674 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26781 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26822 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26984 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27453 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27861 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28255 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:10.gtar.asc CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-09.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021680.1-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-383.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:173 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0860.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477731/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477865/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25417 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018599 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-506-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2958 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1631 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10420 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7779 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-4131
NVD Published Date:
08/24/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.