star directory traversal vulnerability
Published Aug 30, 2007
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.01%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in extract.c in star before 1.5a84 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.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
star-0:1.5a08-5
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0873
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
star-0:1.5a25-8
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0873
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
star-0:1.5a75-2
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0873
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | star-0:1.5a08-5 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0873 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | star-0:1.5a25-8 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0873 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | star-0:1.5a75-2 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0873 |
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.01% (0.03009) | 86.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.01% (0.03009) | 85.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 3.41% (0.03412) | 87.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 18, 2026 | 2.11% (0.02114) | 84.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.08% (0.01078) | 76.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.97% (0.00974) | 84.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 0.60% (0.00596) | 78.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 26, 2024 | 0.67% (0.00668) | 79.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 18, 2024 | 1.73% (0.01730) | 87.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 1, 2024 | 1.67% (0.01669) | 86.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 5, 2023 | 1.82% (0.01820) | 86.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.68% (0.01684) | 85.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 84.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 84.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 83.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 66.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (21)
- ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/alpha/AN-1.5a84 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26626 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26672 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26673 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26857 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27318 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27544 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018646 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-414.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-23.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-August/msg00425.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAPatch
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0873.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478797/100/200/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4134 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189690 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=253856 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1669 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4134
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11098 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4134
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