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CVE-2007-4829 Details

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.

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)
http://osvdb.org/40410	CVE	Broken Link
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=29517	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=295021	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27539	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33116	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33314	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38285	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1716	CVE	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11658	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xml	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26355	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3755	CVE	Permissions Required
http://osvdb.org/40410	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=29517	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=295021	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27539	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33116	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33314	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38285	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1716	[email protected]	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11658	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xml	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26355	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3755	[email protected]	Permissions Required

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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
archive::tar project archive::tar	<= 1.36
CPE cpe:2.3:a:archive::tar_project:archive::tar::::::perl::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	6.06 7.10 8.04 8.10
CPE 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:::::::* 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]
Aug 8, 2018	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 5, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]