>> Archive::Tar Module for Perl Archive Handling Directory Traversal Issue
Title : Archive::Tar Module for Perl Archive Handling Directory Traversal Issue VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3755 CVE ID : CVE-2007-4829
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-11-06
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Archive::Tar (module for Perl), which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions and potentially compromise an affected system. This issue is caused by an input validation when processing file and directory names in a Tar archive, which could be exploited by attackers to place malicious files in arbitrary directories by convincing a user to extract a specially crafted archive.
