CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-12015

7.5 HIGH Published 2018-06-07 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-06-07
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and overwrite arbitrary files, via an archive file containing a symlink and a regular file with the same name.

Affected configurations

• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 17.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.04 • debian debian linux 8.0 • debian debian linux 9.0 • perl perl (<= 5.26.2) • archive\ \ tar project (<= 2.28) • apple mac os x (< 10.14.4) • netapp data ontap edge • netapp oncommand workflow automation • netapp snap creator framework • netapp snapdrive

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References