CVE-2013-4420

medium

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://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

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

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

Severity: Medium