Debian/tar: unknown

Directory traversal vulnerability in the contains_dot_dot function in src/names.c in GNU tar allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //.. (slash slash dot dot) s

Action: Upgrade tar to 1.18-2 or later.

Affected

Fixed versions

Sources

• osv: DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4131
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4131

published 2007-08-25T00:17:00Z · modified 2026-10-21T17:47:42.982438655Z · JSON