CVE-2007-4559

Directory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall functions in the tarfile module in Python allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive, a related issue to CVE-2001-1267.

CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074290.html	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074292.html	Exploit Mailing List
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261	Issue Tracking
http://secunia.com/advisories/26623	Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022	Broken Link

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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Information

Published : 2007-08-28 01:17

Updated : 2023-08-02 17:28

NVD link : CVE-2007-4559

Mitre link : CVE-2007-4559

JSON object : View

Products Affected

python

python

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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