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CVE-2013-4420 (GCVE-0-2013-4420)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-02-20 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:45

Summary

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the (1) tar_extract_glob and (2) tar_extract_all functions in libtar 1.2.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a crafted tar file.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2863	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://lists.feep.net:8080/pipermail/libtar/2014…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Date Public

2013-12-10 00:00

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FKIE_CVE-2013-4420

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-02-20 16:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:57

Severity

Summary

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Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
feep	libtar	*
feep	libtar	1.2.11
feep	libtar	1.2.13
feep	libtar	1.2.14
feep	libtar	1.2.15
feep	libtar	1.2.16
feep	libtar	1.2.17
feep	libtar	1.2.18
feep	libtar	1.2.19

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}

GHSA-35H8-7H6C-X54Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 04:52 – Updated: 2022-05-17 04:52

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  "affected": [],
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  "id": "GHSA-35h8-7h6c-x54q",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T04:52:37Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T04:52:37Z",
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    },
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    },
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    }
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GSD-2013-4420

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:22

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CVE-2013-4420

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CVE-2013-4420

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MSRC_CVE-2013-4420

Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft - Published: 2014-02-02 00:00 - Updated: 2024-06-30 07:00

Summary

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2013-4420.

CVE-2013-4420

Fixed: 3 products Known affected: 3 products

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutoria…

Open the full advisory

UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4420 (CVE-2013-4420)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2014-02-20 16:55 – Updated: 2025-07-16 04:50 – Source website

Withdrawn 2025-07-18

Details

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4420	REPORT
	https://lists.feep.net:8080/pipermail/libtar/2013…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4420	REPORT

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  "affected": [
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
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          {
            "binary_name": "libtar-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.2.20-4"
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            "binary_name": "libtar0",
            "binary_version": "1.2.20-4"
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            "binary_name": "libtar0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.2.20-4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "libtar",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libtar@1.2.20-4?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
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    },
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}

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