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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade perl | Jul 31, 2018 | Jun 7, 2018 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade perl-Archive-Tar | Apr 27, 2020 | Jun 7, 2018 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade perl-Archive-Tar | Sep 19, 2019 | Jun 7, 2018 |
| Apple Osx Perl | — | Apply Apple macOS Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra | Mar 26, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade perl-Archive-Tar | Aug 28, 2019 | Jun 7, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade perl | Jun 13, 2018 | Jun 7, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | — | Sep 27, 2018 | Jun 7, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade perl-coreUpgrade perl-macrosUpgrade perl-libsUpgrade perl-develUpgrade perl | Sep 27, 2018 | Jun 7, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | — | Nov 19, 2019 | Jun 7, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade runtime/perl-526 to version 5.26.3-11.4.6.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade runtime/perl-522 to version 5.22.1.1-11.4.6.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Feb 20, 2019 | Jun 7, 2018 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade perl-Archive-Tar | Aug 15, 2019 | Jun 7, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution existsUpgrade perl-Archive-Tar | Aug 7, 2019 | Jun 7, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade perl-docUpgrade perl-32bitUpgrade perl-Test-SimpleUpgrade perl-x86Upgrade perlUpgrade perl-baseUpgrade perl-core-DB_FileUpgrade perl-base-32bitUpgrade perl-Module-Build | Jul 18, 2018 | Jun 7, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade perl | Jun 20, 2018 | Jun 7, 2018 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Jun 7, 2018 |
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