CVE-2007-4134

Fedora - Path Traversal via Directory Symlink in TAR Archive

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in extract.c in star before 1.5a84 allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //.. (slash slash dot dot) sequences in directory symlinks in a TAR archive.

References (17)

Core 17
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-23.xml
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26626
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26673
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478797/100/200/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11098
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0873.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26857
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1669
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018646
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sgi
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26672
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/alpha/AN-1.5a84
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27544
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27318

Scores

EPSS 0.0301
EPSS Percentile 85.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (1)
redhat/fedora 7
Published Aug 30, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026