MEDIUM
tar directory traversal vulnerability
Published Aug 25, 2007
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.74%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the contains_dot_dot function in src/names.c in GNU tar allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //.. (slash slash dot dot) sequences in directory symlinks in a TAR archive.
Affected products
No data.
AND
Running on/with
OR
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 1
OR
- 1.13
- 1.13.5
- 1.13.11
- 1.13.14
- 1.13.16
- 1.13.17
- 1.13.18
- 1.13.19
- 1.13.25
- 1.14
- 1.14.90
- 1.15
- 1.15.1
- 1.15.90
- 1.15.91
- 1.16
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
tar-0:1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0860
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
tar-2:1.15.1-23.0.1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0860
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | tar-0:1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0860 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | tar-2:1.15.1-23.0.1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0860 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.74% 0.02743
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02743
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (20 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.74% (0.02743) | 85.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.74% (0.02743) | 84.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 8, 2026 | 8.38% (0.08380) | 92.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 26, 2025 | 11.05% (0.11051) | 93.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 25, 2025 | 8.72% (0.08719) | 91.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 9.97% (0.09967) | 92.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.40% (0.07397) | 91.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 10.26% (0.10263) | 94.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 28, 2024 | 7.95% (0.07945) | 94.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 12, 2024 | 5.67% (0.05669) | 93.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 3.91% (0.03909) | 92.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 1.99% (0.01987) | 88.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 21, 2024 | 1.95% (0.01954) | 88.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | 2.41% (0.02407) | 88.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.88% (0.01875) | 86.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 84.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 67.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (42)
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251921 x_refsource_MISC
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:173 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0860.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25417 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018599 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-506-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2958 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4131 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=251921 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1631 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4131
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10420 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Aug 25, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 2, 2007
Link CVE-2007-4131
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a