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CVE-2007-4134 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/alpha/AN-1.5a84	CVE
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc	CVE
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189690	CVE	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/26626	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26672	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26673	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26857	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27318	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27544	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018646	CVE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1669	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11098	CVE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-414.htm	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-23.xml	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-August/msg00425.html	CVE	Patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0873.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478797/100/200/threaded	CVE
ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/alpha/AN-1.5a84	[email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc	[email protected]
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189690	[email protected]	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/26626	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/26672	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/26673	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/26857	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/27318	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/27544	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018646	[email protected]
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1669	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11098	[email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-414.htm	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-23.xml	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-August/msg00425.html	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0873.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478797/100/200/threaded	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-22	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
redhat fedora	7
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:7:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 15, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 4, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 31, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]