Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2007-4131 | First vendor Publication | 2007-08-24 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2018-10-15 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 6.8 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| 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. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4131 |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10420 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10420 | ||
| Title: | 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2007-4131 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17510 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17510 | ||
| Title: | USN-506-1 -- tar vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Dmitry V. Levin discovered that tar did not correctly detect the ".." file path element when unpacking archives. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-506-1 CVE-2007-4131 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 6.06 Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 | Product(s): | tar |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22513 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22513 | ||
| Title: | ELSA-2007:0860: tar security update (Moderate) | ||
| 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. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | ELSA-2007:0860-02 CVE-2007-4131 | Version: | 6 |
| Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | tar |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7779 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7779 | ||
| Title: | Security Vulnerabilities in GNU tar (see gtar(1)) May Lead to Files Being Overwritten, Execution of Arbitrary Code, or a Denial of Service (DoS) | ||
| 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. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2007-4131 | Version: | 2 |
| Platform(s): | Sun Solaris 9 Sun Solaris 10 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2010-05-12 | Name : Mac OS X Security Update 2007-009 File : nvt/macosx_secupd_2007-009.nasl |
| 2009-10-13 | Name : SLES10: Security update for star File : nvt/sles10_star.nasl |
| 2009-10-10 | Name : SLES9: Security update for tar File : nvt/sles9p5012056.nasl |
| 2009-04-09 | Name : Mandriva Update for tar MDKSA-2007:173 (tar) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_173.nasl |
| 2009-03-23 | Name : Ubuntu Update for tar vulnerability USN-506-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_506_1.nasl |
| 2009-02-27 | Name : Fedora Update for tar FEDORA-2007-1890 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_1890_tar_fc7.nasl |
| 2009-02-27 | Name : Fedora Update for tar FEDORA-2007-2673 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_2673_tar_fc7.nasl |
| 2009-02-27 | Name : Fedora Update for tar FEDORA-2007-683 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_683_tar_fc6.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200709-09 (tar) File : nvt/glsa_200709_09.nasl |
| 2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: gtar File : nvt/freebsd_gtar1.nasl |
| 2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-07:10.gtar.asc) File : nvt/freebsdsa_gtar1.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1438-1 (tar) File : nvt/deb_1438_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 38183 | GNU tar src/names.c contains_dot_dot Function Traversal Arbitrary File Overwrite |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2013-07-12 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0860.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-08-01 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update. File : sl_20070823_tar_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-09-24 | Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse9_11723.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-12-31 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1438.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-12-18 | Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues. File : macosx_SecUpd2007-009.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-12-13 | Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_star-4174.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-12-13 | Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_tar-4125.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-11-10 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-506-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-11-06 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2007-2673.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-11-06 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2007-1890.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-10-17 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_star-4173.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-10-17 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_tar-4124.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-09-24 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200709-09.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-09-05 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2007-683.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-09-05 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-173.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-09-03 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_d944719e42f4486489edf045b541919f.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-08-28 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0860.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-08-28 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2007-0860.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2020-05-23 00:20:13 |
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| 2018-10-16 00:19:11 |
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| 2017-09-29 09:23:10 |
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| 2016-06-28 23:56:25 |
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| 2016-04-26 16:26:39 |
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| 2014-02-17 10:41:11 |
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| 2013-05-11 10:33:22 |
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