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Oracle Linux 5 : Moderate: / tar (ELSA-2007-0860)

high Nessus Plugin ID 67563

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2007-0860 advisory.

 [1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4]
 - CVE-2007-4131 tar directory traversal vulnerability (#251921)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected tar package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2007-0860.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 67563

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0860.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-4131

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tar

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/23/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4131

BID: 25417

RHSA: 2007:0860