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Unscored RHSA-2007:0860 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: tar security update

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 12

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as tar 0:1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as tar-debuginfo 0:1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop tar 0:1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop tar-debuginfo 0:1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es tar 0:1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es tar-debuginfo 0:1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws tar 0:1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws tar-debuginfo 0:1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client tar 2:1.15.1-23.0.1.el5
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client tar-debuginfo 2:1.15.1-23.0.1.el5
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server tar 2:1.15.1-23.0.1.el5
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server tar-debuginfo 2:1.15.1-23.0.1.el5

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2007-4131

    Directory traversal vulnerability in the contains_dot_dot function in src/names.c in GNU tar allows user-assisted remot…

    tar Debian

References

  • article
    http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=251921
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2007/rhsa-2007_0860.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4131
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4131
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4131