Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 2, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-4829
CVE-2007-4829
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Archive::Tar Perl module 1.36 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a TAR archive that contains a file whose name is an absolute path or has ".." sequences.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <=1.36
Patches
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References
15- rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27539nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33116nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33314nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26355nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38285nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11658nvdThird Party Advisory
- osvdb.org/40410nvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3755nvdPermissions Required
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1716nvdBroken Link
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