DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4131

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4131
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4131.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4131
Upstream
Published
2007-08-25T00:17:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:02:14.376924Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Directory traversal vulnerability in the containsdotdot 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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / tar

Package

Name
tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tar?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.18-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:12 / tar

Package

Name
tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tar?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.18-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:13 / tar

Package

Name
tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tar?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.18-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:14 / tar

Package

Name
tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tar?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.18-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}