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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12015

DEBIAN-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

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11perl0, 0, 0
Debian:12perl0, 0, 0
Debian:13perl0, 0, 0
Debian:14perl0, 0, 0

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Jun 7, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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