40410 : Perl Archive::Tar Module TAR Archive Traversal Arbitrary File Overwrite
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-09-20

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-4829" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : 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 is an absolute path or has ".." sequences.

Classification

Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

OVAL ID: 11658
CVE ID: 2007-4829 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 26355
Secunia Advisory ID: 27539 33116 33314 40356
ISS X-Force ID: 38285
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-3755
RedHat RHSA: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0505.html
Other Advisory URL: http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=29517
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xml
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xml
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=295021
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1716
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-December/000817.html

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-11-05 | Disagree?

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