perl-Archive-Tar directory traversal flaws
Published Nov 2, 2007
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.29%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Archive::Tar Perl module 1.36 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a TAR archive that contains a file whose name is an absolute path or has ".." sequences.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 6.06
- 7.10
- 8.04
- 8.10
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0505
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
perl-Archive-Tar-1:1.39.1-1.el5_5.1
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0505
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0505 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | perl-Archive-Tar-1:1.39.1-1.el5_5.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0505 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-4829 The Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
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 | 4.29% (0.04287) | 90.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.32% (0.04322) | 89.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 27, 2025 | 2.05% (0.02051) | 83.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.00% (0.01005) | 75.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 5, 2025 | 4.80% (0.04803) | 92.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.50% (0.02501) | 89.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 20, 2024 | 3.55% (0.03550) | 91.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 13, 2024 | 2.54% (0.02536) | 90.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | 0.96% (0.00958) | 83.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 5, 2024 | 0.92% (0.00924) | 82.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01047) | 82.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.97% (0.00968) | 81.00th | 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 (18)
- http://osvdb.org/40410 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=29517 x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380 x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27539 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33116 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33314 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26355 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3755 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions Required
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4829 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=295021 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38285 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1716 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4829
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11658 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4829
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