FKIE_CVE-2007-4134
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-08-30 22:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:43
Severity
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in extract.c in star before 1.5a84 allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //.. (slash slash dot dot) sequences in directory symlinks in a TAR archive.
References
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