CVE-2013-4420 — Vulnetix

CVE-2013-4420 REJECTED

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.

EPSS 0.38% · 59.5th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.38%

59.5th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	libtar	0

Exploit Intelligence

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=731860 (circl)
DSA-2863 (circl)
[libtar] 20150213 Fw: Re: Validation of file names (circl)

Timeline

Feb 20, 2014 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
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May 25, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4420 third-party-advisory
https://lists.feep.net:8080/pipermail/libtar/2013-October/000362.html third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4420 third-party-advisory

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