CVE-2007-4559
Published: August 28, 2007Last modified: September 18, 2023
Description
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.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 9.8 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | HIGH |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | python3 | Not affected (3.11.5-r0) |
| Stream | python3 | Not affected (3.11.5-r0) |
References
- http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074290.html
- http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074292.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26623
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVBB7NU3YIRRDOKLYVN647WPRR3IAKR6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FI55PGL47ES3OU2FQPGEHOI2EK3S2OBH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KA4Z44ZAI4SY7THCFBUDNT5EEFO4XQ3A/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CVBB7NU3YIRRDOKLYVN647WPRR3IAKR6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FI55PGL47ES3OU2FQPGEHOI2EK3S2OBH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KA4Z44ZAI4SY7THCFBUDNT5EEFO4XQ3A/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06