{"action":"Upgrade tar to 1.18-2 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"1.18-2","introduced":"0"}],"component":"tar","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:13","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["1.18-2"],"id":"tcs_01M5N8VE16YJ9KYB64H5ARXQC0","modified_at":"2026-10-21T17:47:42.982438655Z","published_at":"2007-08-25T00:17:00Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4131","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4131"],"severity":{"label":"unknown"},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4131#Debian:13/tar","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4131"}],"summary":"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"}