CVE-2007-4559

Updated: 2025-08-20 01:37:37.384801

Description:

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.


Links NIST CIRCL RHEL Ubuntu

Severity

Severity Score
CVSS Version 2.x MEDIUM 6.8
CVSS Version 3.x 0.0

Status

OS name Project name Version Score Severity Status Errata Last updated

Statement

Debian 13 python 3.6 0.0 Released CLSA-2025:1762527200 2025-11-07 21:16:46
Debian 13 python 2.7 0.0 Ignored 2025-10-14 06:18:40
Debian 13 python 3.8 0.0 Not Vulnerable 2026-01-08 10:43:43
Debian 13 python 3.7 0.0 In Progress 2026-01-09 13:32:52
EL 10 python 2.7 0.0 Ignored 2025-10-14 06:20:19 We have reasoned not to port this fix since it was never backported to 2.x by upstream
EL 10 python 3.6 0.0 Needs Triage 2025-10-16 03:43:26 We have reasoned not to port this fix since it was never backported to 2.x by upstream
EL 7 python 2.7 0.0 Ignored 2025-07-29 01:45:40 We have reasoned not to port this fix since it was never backported to 2.x by upstream
EL 7 python 3.6 0.0 Released CLSA-2025:1749037497 2025-06-05 02:31:17 We have reasoned not to port this fix since it was never backported to 2.x by upstream
EL 8 python 2.7 0.0 Ignored 2025-07-29 01:45:40 We have reasoned not to port this fix since it was never backported to 2.x by upstream
EL 8 python 3.6 0.0 Released CLSA-2025:1749037555 2025-06-05 02:31:16 We have reasoned not to port this fix since it was never backported to 2.x by upstream
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