CVE-2013-4420
N/A
Published: February 20, 2014 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibtar
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the (1) tar_extract_glob and (2) tar_extract_all functions in libtar 1.2.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a crafted tar file.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2863x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=731860Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.feep.net:8080/pipermail/libtar/2014-February/000403.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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