Executive Summary
This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
| Informations | |||
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| Name | CVE-2013-4420 | First vendor Publication | 2014-02-20 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2014-02-20 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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| 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:N/I:P/A:P) | |||
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| Cvss Base Score | 5.8 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 4.9 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| 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. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4420 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-22 | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23830 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23830 | ||
| Title: | DSA-2863-1 libtar - directory traversal | ||
| Description: | A directory traversal attack was reported against libtar, a C library for manipulating tar archives. The application does not validate the filenames inside the tar archive, allowing to extract files in arbitrary path. An attacker can craft a tar file to override files beyond thetar_extract_glob and tar_extract_all prefix parameter. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-2863-1 CVE-2013-4420 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 Debian GNU/Linux 7 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7 | Product(s): | libtar |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
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| 2018-08-17 | Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates. File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2017-0040.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2018-07-24 | Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates. File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2018-2_0-0029.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-02-21 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2014-045.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-02-19 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-2863.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
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