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.
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DSA-4226-1 | perl security update |
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EUVD-2018-4007 | 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. |
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USN-3684-1 | Perl vulnerability |
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USN-3684-2 | Perl vulnerability |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T08:24:03.584Z
Reserved: 2018-06-07T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-12015

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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-06-07T13:29:00.240
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:44:24.850
Link: CVE-2018-12015


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