CVEvulnerability

CVE-2013-4420

5.8 MEDIUM Published 2014-02-20 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-02-20
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-22

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.

Affected configurations

• feep libtar (<= 1.2.20) • feep libtar 1.2.11 • feep libtar 1.2.13 • feep libtar 1.2.14 • feep libtar 1.2.15 • feep libtar 1.2.16 • feep libtar 1.2.17 • feep libtar 1.2.18 • feep libtar 1.2.19

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References