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.
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Information

Published : 2007-08-28 01:17

Updated : 2024-03-23 03:15


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')