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CVE-2007-4559
Directory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall...
Vulnerability Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall functions in the tarfile module in Python allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive, a related issue to CVE-2001-1267.
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
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26623
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261
- http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074290.html
- http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074292.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FI55PGL47ES3OU2FQPGEHOI2EK3S2OBH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVBB7NU3YIRRDOKLYVN647WPRR3IAKR6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KA4Z44ZAI4SY7THCFBUDNT5EEFO4XQ3A/
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 3.7.0, 3.9.0, 3.10.0, 3.11.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 28th, 2007
Last Modified:
January 17th, 2025
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
No vector data available
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.