CVE-2018-12015

Description

In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and overwrite arbitrary files, via an archive file containing a symlink and a regular file with the same name.

References

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4226

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3684-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3684-1/

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209600

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180927-0001/

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/42

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900834

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2097

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041048

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104423

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/49

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3