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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2007-08-25T00:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T14:46:38.940Z
Reserved: 2007-08-02T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2007-4131
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2007-08-25T00:17:00.000
Modified: 2018-10-15T21:33:23.633
Link: CVE-2007-4131
Redhat