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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2013-4420

medium Nessus Plugin ID 217883

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the (1) tar_extract_glob and (2) tar_extract_all functions in libtar 1.2.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a crafted tar file. (CVE-2013-4420)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4420

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 217883

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2013_4420.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/10/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4420

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtar-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtar-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtar, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libtar, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4420