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CVE-2007-4134 Detail

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in extract.c in star before 1.5a84 allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //.. (slash slash dot dot) sequences in directory symlinks in a TAR archive.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  08/30/2007

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.8 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/alpha/AN-1.5a84
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018646
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-414.htm
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-23.xml
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-August/msg00425.html Patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0873.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478797/100/200/threaded
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189690 Patch
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1669
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11098

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11098
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11098

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-4134
NVD Published Date:
08/30/2007
NVD Last Modified:
10/15/2018