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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.8
Exploit probability—
ProductFeep Libtar
PublishedFeb 20, 2014
First seenFeb 20, 2014

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
feep libtarv ≤ 1.2.20, 1.2.11, 1.2.13, 1.2.14, 1.2.15, 1.2.16, 1.2.17, 1.2.18, 1.2.19—

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