MGASA-2014-0090

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    MGASA-2014-0090

    Published: 21 Feb 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4420

    Summary: Updated libtar package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: A directory traversal attack was reported against libtar, a C library for manipulating tar archives. The application does not validate the filenames inside the tar archive, allowing to extract files in arbitrary path. An attacker can craft a tar file to override files beyond the tar_extract_glob and tar_extract_all prefix parameter (CVE-2013-4420).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0090.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12824, http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2863

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libtar

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libtar?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.18-2.2.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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