CVE-2007-4829

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    CVE-2007-4829

    Published: 2 Nov 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=29517, http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380, http://secunia.com/advisories/27539, http://secunia.com/advisories/33116, http://secunia.com/advisories/33314, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26355, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=295021, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38285, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11658, http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=29517, http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3755, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=295021, http://osvdb.org/40410, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1716

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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