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GNU tar Archive Processing Client-Side Directory Traversal Vulnerability |
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Title : GNU tar Archive Processing Client-Side Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-2958
CVE ID : CVE-2007-4131
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-08-24
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A vulnerability has been identified in GNU tar, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions and potentially compromise an affected system [...]
Solution
A fix is available via CVS :
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/tar/src/names.c?root=tar&r1=1.63&r2=1.64&sortby=date
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Dmitry V. Levin.
ChangeLog
2007-08-24 : Initial release
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