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ELSA-2007-0873 Moderate: Enterprise Linux star security update

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ELSA-2007-0873 Moderate: Enterprise Linux star security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/30/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/20/2011
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in extract.c in star before 1.5a84 allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //.. (slash slash dot dot) sequences in directory symlinks in a TAR archive.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-star

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