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CVE-2018-12015 (GCVE-0-2018-12015)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-07 13:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 08:24
VLAI
Summary
In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and overwrite arbitrary files, via an archive file containing a symlink and a regular file with the same name.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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Date Public
2018-06-07 00:00
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      "id": "CVE-2018-12015",
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      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
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      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T04:27:03Z",
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      "product_status:known_not_affected": "117",
      "product_status:recommended": "474",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2018-12015",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2018-12015.json",
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}



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