VDB
ALPINE-CVE-2018-12015
ALPINE-CVE-2018-12015
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
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.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.10 | perl | 5.16.1-r0, 5.18.0-r0, 5.18.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | perl | 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.6 | perl | 5.10.0-r1, 0, 5.10.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | perl | 5.12.2-r1, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.5 | perl | 5.14.1-r0, 5.16.2-r0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | perl | 0, 5.26.2-r0, 5.26.1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | perl | 0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | perl | 5.24.0-r0, 0, 5.10.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | perl | 0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.12 | perl | 0, 5.10.0-r0, 5.10.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | perl | 5.10.0-r1, 0, 5.10.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | perl | 5.10.0-r1, 5.10.0-r0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | perl | 5.18.0-r0, 0, 5.10.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.11 | perl | 5.12.2-r1, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | perl | 5.20.2-r0, 5.10.1-r2, 5.12.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.8 | perl | 5.10.1-r1, 5.10.1-r0, 5.10.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.7 | perl | 5.24.0-r1, 0, 5.26.2-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | perl | 0, 5.10.0-r1, 5.10.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.9 | perl | 5.18.0-r0, 5.10.1-r0, 5.10.1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | perl | 0, 5.10.0-r0, 5.10.0-r1 |
Timeline
- Jun 7, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Jun 9, 2026 CVE Updated