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CVE-2007-4829 Detail

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Archive::Tar Perl module 1.36 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a TAR archive that contains a file whose name is an absolute path or has ".." sequences.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=29517 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26355 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3755 Permissions Required 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=295021 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38285 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1716 Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11658 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-4829
NVD Published Date:
11/02/2007
NVD Last Modified:
08/08/2018
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.