CVE-2013-4420

high

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.

References

https://lists.feep.net:8080/pipermail/libtar/2014-February/000403.html

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=731860

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2863

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-02-20

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High