UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4420

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4420
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4420.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4420
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:55Z
Published
2014-02-20T16:55:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:17:08Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libtar

Package

Name
libtar
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libtar@1.2.20-4?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.20-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libtar-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.2.20-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtar0",
            "binary_version": "1.2.20-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtar0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.2.20-4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4420.json"