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CVE-2007-4131

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
25/08/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

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

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:as:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:desktop:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:es:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:ws:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:server:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:client:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:rpath:rpath_linux:1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.13.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.13.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.13.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.13.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.13.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.13.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.13.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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