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CVE-2007-4131

Date: August 24, 2007

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.

Severity Score

5.6

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26590

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

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

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

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26604

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26603

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26822

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

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2007-4131

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27453

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26781

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

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26984

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4131

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

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

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

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

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

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26674

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26673

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27861

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

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4131

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26573

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28255

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26655

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28136

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2007-4131

Severity Score

5.6

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.6
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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Date: August 24, 2007

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