CVE-2007-4134

CVE Details

Release Date:	2007-08-30
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (star)	ELSA-2007-0873	2007-09-04
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (star)	ELSA-2007-0873	2007-09-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (star)	ELSA-2007-0873	2007-09-04