CVE-2018-12015
N/A
Published: June 7, 2018 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:36 AM UTC
9 products affected across 6 vendorsmacOSDebian LinuxUbuntu Linux
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 10.14.4
Affected range stops below 10.14.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v ≤ 2.28
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%All versions
All versions
95%
All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (12)
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/49VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104423VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041048Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2097x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900834Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/42x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180927-0001/x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209600Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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