CVE-2007-4829

CVE Details

Release Date:2007-11-02
Impact:Moderate What is this?

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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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


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (perl-Archive-Tar)ELSA-2010-05052010-07-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (perl-Archive-Tar)ELSA-2010-05052010-07-01


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