CVE-2007-4559

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  2. Vulnerabilities (CVE)
  3. 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.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References
Link Resource
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074290.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074292.html Exploit Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/26623 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022 Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261 Issue Tracking
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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074290.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074292.html Exploit Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/26623 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022 Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261 Issue Tracking
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/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVBB7NU3YIRRDOKLYVN647WPRR3IAKR6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FI55PGL47ES3OU2FQPGEHOI2EK3S2OBH/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KA4Z44ZAI4SY7THCFBUDNT5EEFO4XQ3A/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

21 Nov 2024, 00:35

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References
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVBB7NU3YIRRDOKLYVN647WPRR3IAKR6/ -
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References () http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074290.html - Mailing List, Vendor Advisory () http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074290.html - Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
References () http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074292.html - Exploit, Mailing List () http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074292.html - Exploit, Mailing List
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/26623 - Broken Link () http://secunia.com/advisories/26623 - Broken Link
References () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022 - Broken Link () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022 - Broken Link
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261 - Issue Tracking () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261 - Issue Tracking
References () 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/CVBB7NU3YIRRDOKLYVN647WPRR3IAKR6/ -
References () 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/FI55PGL47ES3OU2FQPGEHOI2EK3S2OBH/ -
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KA4Z44ZAI4SY7THCFBUDNT5EEFO4XQ3A/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KA4Z44ZAI4SY7THCFBUDNT5EEFO4XQ3A/ -
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06 - () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06 -

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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
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
Information

Published : 2007-08-28 01:17

Updated : 2024-11-21 00:35

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')