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CVE-2013-4420
Published: Feb 20, 2014
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the (1) tar_extract_glob and (2) tar_extract_all functions in libtar 1.2.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a crafted tar file.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=731860
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DSA-2863
vendor-advisory
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[libtar] 20150213 Fw: Re: Validation of file names
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