CVE-2007-4829
N/A
Published: November 2, 2007 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:44 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxArchive::tar
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 1.36
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (15)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=29517x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26355Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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