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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

2007-08-25T00:17:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 4.0 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 4.0 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 4.0 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 4.0 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 5.0 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0 No
Operating System rpath rpath_linux 1 No
Application gnu tar 1.13 Yes
Application gnu tar 1.13.5 Yes
Application gnu tar 1.13.11 Yes
Application gnu tar 1.13.14 Yes
Application gnu tar 1.13.16 Yes
Application gnu tar 1.13.17 Yes
Application gnu tar 1.13.18 Yes
Application gnu tar 1.13.19 Yes
Application gnu tar 1.13.25 Yes
Application gnu tar 1.14 Yes
Application gnu tar 1.14.90 Yes
Application gnu tar 1.15 Yes
Application gnu tar 1.15.1 Yes
Application gnu tar 1.15.90 Yes
Application gnu tar 1.15.91 Yes
Application gnu tar 1.16 Yes
References