MGASA-2014-0090

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0090.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0090.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2014-0090
Upstream
Published
2014-02-21T18:18:54Z
Modified
2026-04-16T06:25:49Z
Summary
Updated libtar package fixes security vulnerability
Details

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 the tar_extract_glob and tar_extract_all prefix parameter (CVE-2013-4420).

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:3 / libtar

Package

Name
libtar
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/libtar?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.18-2.2.mga3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0090.json"

Mageia:4 / libtar

Package

Name
libtar
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/libtar?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.20-2.1.mga4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0090.json"