CVE-2007-4131
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 2.7%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.7% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4115)
- Published
- August 25, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4115 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- rpath / rpath linux
References
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251921
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26573
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26590
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26603
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26604
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26655
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26673
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26674
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26781
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26822
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26984
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27453
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27861
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28255
- http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:10.gtar.asc
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-09.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021680.1-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-383.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:173
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0860.html(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477731/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477865/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25417
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018599
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-506-1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2958
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1631
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10420
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7779
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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