CVE-2007-4829
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Archive::Tar Perl module 1.36 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a TAR archive that contains a file whose name
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Archive::Tar Perl module 1.36 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a TAR archive that contains a file whose name
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
- 4.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.7% 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
- 2007-11-02 16:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-09-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c86719a0308955abd584f72d2758e6e9f17cf04989cf5369ca49c11c7efa58d7
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com33116http://secunia.com/advisories/33116
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11658https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11658
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comperl-archivetar-directory-traversal(38285)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38285
- rt.cpan.orghttp://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=29517
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3755http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3755
- www.securityfocus.com26355http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26355
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-700-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1
- osvdb.org40410http://osvdb.org/40410
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1716
- secunia.com27539http://secunia.com/advisories/27539
- secunia.com33314http://secunia.com/advisories/33314
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=295021
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-700-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200812-10http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xml
- rt.cpan.orghttp://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- perl Fixed in 5.10.0-19
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- perl Fixed in 5.10.0-19
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- perl Fixed in 5.10.0-19
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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