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CVE-2007-4829

Published: 2 November 2007

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
kees
module 1.38 still doesn't fully fix the issue, but 1.39_01 does.

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
libarchive-tar-perl
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
intrepid Does not exist

dapper
Released (1.26-2ubuntu0.1)
edgy Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
feisty Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
gutsy
Released (1.31-1ubuntu0.1)
hardy
Released (1.36-1ubuntu0.1)
upstream Needs triage

perl
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Not vulnerable

feisty Not vulnerable

gutsy Not vulnerable

hardy Not vulnerable

intrepid
Released (5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2.2)
upstream Needs triage