Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in extract.c in star before 1.5a84 allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //.. (slash slash dot dot) sequences in directory symlinks in a TAR archive.
Published: 2007-08-30
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 2.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-4118 Directory traversal vulnerability in extract.c in star before 1.5a84 allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //.. (slash slash dot dot) sequences in directory symlinks in a TAR archive.
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Redhat Enterprise Linux Fedora
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T14:46:39.077Z

Reserved: 2007-08-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-4134

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-08-30T22:17:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-4134

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2007-08-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-4134 - Bugzilla

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