CVE-2007-4829

mediumpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.043 · 91 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

4.29% (91st) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

18 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd · redhat_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

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.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedperl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0505
Fixedperl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0505
Fixedperl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0505
Fixedperl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0505
Fixedperl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0505
Fixedperl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0505
Fixedperl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0505
Fixedperl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0505
Fixedperl-Archive-Tar-1:1.39.1-1.el5_5.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0505
Fixedperl-Archive-Tar-1:1.39.1-1.el5_5.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0505
Fixedperl-Archive-Tar-1:1.39.1-1.el5_5.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0505
Fixedperl-Archive-Tar-1:1.39.1-1.el5_5.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0505

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v2.05.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v2.05.1mediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimary

affected products (18)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
archive::tar project archive::tar≤ 1.36nvdUScpe:2.3:a:archive\:\:tar_project:archive\:\:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 6.06nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 7.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 8.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 8.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
perl-Archive-Tar-1:1.39.1-1.el5_5.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
perl-Archive-Tar-1:1.39.1-1.el5_5.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
perl-Archive-Tar-1:1.39.1-1.el5_5.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
perl-Archive-Tar-1:1.39.1-1.el5_5.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2010:0505Red Hat Security Advisory: perl-Archive-Tar security update2010-07-01csaf · redhat_csafUS
An updated perl-Archive-Tar package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

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sources

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enisa_euvd nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2007-11-02modified 2026-06-16

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