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CVE-2013-4420

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
20/02/2014
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the (1) tar_extract_glob and (2) tar_extract_all functions in libtar 1.2.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a crafted tar file.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:feep:libtar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.2.20 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:feep:libtar:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:feep:libtar:1.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:feep:libtar:1.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:feep:libtar:1.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:feep:libtar:1.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:feep:libtar:1.2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:feep:libtar:1.2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:feep:libtar:1.2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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