CVE-2018-12015

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    CVE-2018-12015

    Published: 7 Jun 2018Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and overwrite arbitrary files, via an archive file containing a symlink and a regular file with the same name.

    References: https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/49, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104423, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041048, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2097, https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/42, https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209600, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3684-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3684-2/, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4226, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180927-0001/, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900834

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v5.26.2
    v5.26.2-RC1
    v5.26.1
    v5.26.1-RC1
    v5.26.0
    v5.26.0-RC2

    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