CVE-2007-4829 — Path Traversal in Perl

CWE-22 — Path Traversal13 documents7 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.2%
top 15.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
PerlDebian PerlCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedNov 2
Latest updateMay 1

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 is an absolute path or has ".." sequences.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/perl< perl 5.10.0-19 (bookworm)
▶Debianperl/perl< 5.10.0-19+3

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-rwhc-g7xj-h37q: Directory traversal vulnerability in the Archive::Tar Perl module 1↗2022-05-01
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OSV
CVE-2007-4829: Directory traversal vulnerability in the Archive::Tar Perl module 1↗2007-11-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Perl regression↗2009-01-15
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Ubuntu
Perl vulnerabilities↗2008-12-24
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Red Hat
perl-Archive-Tar directory traversal flaws↗2007-08-24
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Debian
CVE-2007-4829: perl - Directory traversal vulnerability in the Archive::Tar Perl module 1.36 and earli...↗2007
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💬Community

6
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-10860 perl-Archive-Zip: Directory traversal in Archive::Zip↗2018-06-14
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Bugzilla
CVE-2007-4829 perl-Archive-Tar directory traversal flaws [Fdevel]↗2007-11-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2007-4829 perl-Archive-Tar directory traversal flaws [F8]↗2007-11-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2007-4829 perl-Archive-Tar directory traversal flaws [FC6]↗2007-10-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2007-4829 perl-Archive-Tar directory traversal flaws [F7]↗2007-10-02
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