6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2007-4829
Apache Archive::Tar PHP Deserialization Vulnerability
Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Archive::Tar Perl module 1.36 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a TAR archive that contains a file whose name is an absolute path or has ".." sequences.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 2, 2007, 4:46 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:36 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-4829 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Archive\ \
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-4829.

URL Resource
http://osvdb.org/40410 Broken Link
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=29517 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27539 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33116 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33314 Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26355 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3755 Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=295021 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38285 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1716 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11658 Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/40410 Broken Link
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=29517 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27539 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33116 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33314 Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26355 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3755 Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=295021 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38285 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1716 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11658 Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2007-4829 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-4829 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/40410
    Added Reference http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=29517
    Added Reference http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27539
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33116
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33314
    Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xml
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26355
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3755
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=295021
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38285
    Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1716
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11658
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38285 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38285 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=29517 No Types Assigned http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=29517 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26355 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26355 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=295021 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=295021 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/33116 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/33116 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/33314 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/33314 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1716 No Types Assigned https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1716 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/27539 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/27539 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://osvdb.org/40410 No Types Assigned http://osvdb.org/40410 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3755 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3755 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380 No Types Assigned http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xml No Types Assigned http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11658 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11658 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cpan:archive_tar_perl_module:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.36 OR *cpe:2.3:a:archive\:\:tar_project:archive\:\:tar:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* versions up to (including) 1.36
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11658 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11658 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/38285 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38285 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 05, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-4829 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.50 }} -1.05%

score

0.89790

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability