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Archive::Tar Module for Perl Archive Handling Directory Traversal Issue

Title : Archive::Tar Module for Perl Archive Handling Directory Traversal Issue
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-3755
CVE ID : CVE-2007-4829
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-11-06

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Archive::Tar (module for Perl), which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions and potentially compromise an affected system [...]

References

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/3755
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1716

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Jonathan Smith.

ChangeLog

2007-11-06 : Initial release

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