CVE-2007-4131

high

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.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7779

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10420

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1631

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2958

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-506-1

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018599

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25417

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477865/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477731/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0860.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:173

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-383.htm

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021680.1-1

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-09.xml

http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:10.gtar.asc

http://secunia.com/advisories/28255

http://secunia.com/advisories/28136

http://secunia.com/advisories/27861

http://secunia.com/advisories/27453

http://secunia.com/advisories/26984

http://secunia.com/advisories/26822

http://secunia.com/advisories/26781

http://secunia.com/advisories/26674

http://secunia.com/advisories/26673

http://secunia.com/advisories/26655

http://secunia.com/advisories/26604

http://secunia.com/advisories/26603

http://secunia.com/advisories/26590

http://secunia.com/advisories/26573

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251921

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-08-25

Updated: 2018-10-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High