CVE-2007-4131 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2007-4131

Directory traversal vulnerability in the contains_dot_dot function in src/names.c in...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

tar
Vulnerable Versions:
1.13, 1.13.5, 1.13.11, 1.13.14, 1.13.16, 1.13.17, 1.13.18, 1.13.19, 1.13.25, 1.14, 1.14.90, 1.15, 1.15.1, 1.15.90, 1.15.91, 1.16

Timeline

Official Publish: August 25th, 2007
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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