CVE ID:	CVE-2007-4131
Description:	Directory traversal vulnerability in the contains_dot_dot function in src/names.c in GNU tar allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //.. (slash slash dot dot) sequences in directory symlinks in a TAR archive.
Test IDs:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59595   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58809   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.65995   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60070   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.62321   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59826   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59931   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58606   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.65612   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59703   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59195   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58939   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58563   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.122666
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-4131 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html BugTraq ID: 25417 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25417 Bugtraq: 20070825 rPSA-2007-0172-1 tar (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477731/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20070827 FLEA-2007-0049-1 tar (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477865/100/0/threaded Cert/CC Advisory: TA07-352A http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html Debian Security Information: DSA-1438 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-07:10 http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:10.gtar.asc http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-09.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:173 http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251921 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10420 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7779 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2007:0860 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0860.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018599 http://secunia.com/advisories/26573 http://secunia.com/advisories/26590 http://secunia.com/advisories/26603 http://secunia.com/advisories/26604 http://secunia.com/advisories/26655 http://secunia.com/advisories/26673 http://secunia.com/advisories/26674 http://secunia.com/advisories/26781 http://secunia.com/advisories/26822 http://secunia.com/advisories/26984 http://secunia.com/advisories/27453 http://secunia.com/advisories/27861 http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 http://secunia.com/advisories/28255 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021680.1-1 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:018 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/ http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-506-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2958 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238