DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4420

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4420
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4420.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4420
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2014-02-20T16:55:05.250Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:06:21.505816Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the (1) tarextractglob and (2) tarextractall functions in libtar 1.2.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a crafted tar file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libtar

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.20-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4420.json"

Debian:12 / libtar

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.20-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4420.json"