CVE-2007-4131

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the contains_dot_dot function in src/names.c in GNU tar allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //.. (slash slash dot dot) sequences in directory symlinks in a TAR archive.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.5

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

11.051

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2001-1267,CVE-2002-1216,CVE-2007-4131,CVE-2010-0624 are affected in GNU Tar 1.13.19	Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in GNU Tar 1.13.25	Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in GNU Tar 1.15.1	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2006-0300,CVE-2007-4131,CVE-2010-0624,CVE-2016-6321 are affected in GNU Tar 1.14	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2006-0300,CVE-2007-4131,CVE-2010-0624,CVE-2016-6321 are affected in GNU Tar 1.15	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2006-0300,CVE-2007-4131,CVE-2010-0624,CVE-2016-6321 are affected in GNU Tar 1.15.90	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2006-6097,CVE-2007-4131,CVE-2010-0624,CVE-2016-6321 are affected in GNU Tar 1.16	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2007-4131,CVE-2010-0624 are affected in GNU Tar 1.13	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2007-4131,CVE-2010-0624 are affected in GNU Tar 1.13.11	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2007-4131,CVE-2010-0624 are affected in GNU Tar 1.13.14	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2007-4131,CVE-2010-0624 are affected in GNU Tar 1.13.16	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2007-4131,CVE-2010-0624 are affected in GNU Tar 1.13.17	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2007-4131,CVE-2010-0624 are affected in GNU Tar 1.13.18	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2007-4131,CVE-2010-0624 are affected in GNU Tar 1.13.5	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2007-4131,CVE-2010-0624 are affected in GNU Tar 1.14.90	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2007-4131,CVE-2010-0624,CVE-2016-6321 are affected in GNU Tar 1.15.91	Windows

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234