CVE-2007-4131
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)
02 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)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-08-25 00:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 14:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-08-02
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- db9e5daf4238f66bc9ff3b5deb755ba514e9cbdbad512cb60db6331734bbe837
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1018599http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018599
- sunsolve.sun.com1021680http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021680.1-1
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-383.htm
- secunia.com26673http://secunia.com/advisories/26673
- secunia.com26822http://secunia.com/advisories/26822
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-4238http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
- www.us-cert.govTA07-352Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
- secunia.com26655http://secunia.com/advisories/26655
- secunia.com27453http://secunia.com/advisories/27453
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-2673https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html
- secunia.com28136http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
- secunia.com26781http://secunia.com/advisories/26781
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttp://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251921
- www.debian.orgDSA-1438http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438
- secunia.com26590http://secunia.com/advisories/26590
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10420https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10420
- secunia.com27861http://secunia.com/advisories/27861
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2958http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2958
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1631
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:173http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:173
- security.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-07:10http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:10.gtar.asc
- secunia.com26984http://secunia.com/advisories/26984
- www.securityfocus.com20070827 FLEA-2007-0049-1 tarhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477865/100/0/threaded
- www.trustix.org2007-0026http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2007-12-17http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2007:018http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html
- secunia.com26604http://secunia.com/advisories/26604
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-506-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-506-1
- secunia.com28255http://secunia.com/advisories/28255
- secunia.com26573http://secunia.com/advisories/26573
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0860http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0860.html
- docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- secunia.com26603http://secunia.com/advisories/26603
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:7779https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7779
- www.securityfocus.com25417http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25417
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200709-09http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-09.xml
- www.securityfocus.com20070825 rPSA-2007-0172-1 tarhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477731/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com26674http://secunia.com/advisories/26674
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- tar Fixed in 1.18-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tar Fixed in 1.18-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tar Fixed in 1.18-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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