AZL-6822

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    AZL-6822

    Published: 28 Aug 2007Last Modified: 21 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2007-4559

    Summary: CVE-2007-4559 affecting package python2 for versions less than 2.7.18-8

    Details: 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.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4559

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python2

    Purl: pkg:rpm/azure-linux/python2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.18-8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High