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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

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References
  • (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06 -

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First Time Python
Python python
References (MLIST) http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074292.html - Exploit (MLIST) http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074292.html - Exploit, Mailing List
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/26623 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/26623 - Broken Link
References (MLIST) http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074290.html - (MLIST) http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074290.html - Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
References (VUPEN) http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022 - (VUPEN) http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022 - Broken Link
References (CONFIRM) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261 - (CONFIRM) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261 - Issue Tracking
CPE cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2007-08-28 01:17

Updated : 2024-03-23 03:15


NVD link : CVE-2007-4559

Mitre link : CVE-2007-4559

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2007-4559


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Products Affected

python

  • python
CWE
CWE-22

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