Description
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 (12)
Core 12
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104423
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041048
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4226
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3684-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3684-2/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/42
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/49
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2097
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900834
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180927-0001/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209600
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.2388
EPSS Percentile
96.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (14)
apple/mac_os_x
< 10.14.4
archive\/\
< 2.28
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
17.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
netapp/data_ontap_edge
... and 4 more
Published
Jun 07, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026