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TI-2007-04002 Aliases CVE-2007-4134GHSA-vh55-9p6r-h46f

Directory traversal vulnerability in extract.c in star before 1.5a84 allows user-assisted…

Priority LOW 36CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03009 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2007:0873 Released 2007-09-04 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    star security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 star-1.5a08-5, star-1.5a08-5.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) star-1.5a75-2, star-1.5a75-2.i386, star-1.5a75-2.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 star-1.5a08-5, star-1.5a08-5.i386, star-1.5a08-5.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 star-1.5a25-8, star-1.5a25-8.i386, star-1.5a25-8.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) star-1.5a75-2, star-1.5a75-2.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 star-1.5a25-8, star-1.5a25-8.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 star-1.5a08-5, star-1.5a08-5.i386, star-1.5a08-5.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 star-1.5a25-8, star-1.5a25-8.i386, star-1.5a25-8.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 star-1.5a08-5, star-1.5a08-5.i386, star-1.5a08-5.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 star-1.5a25-8, star-1.5a25-8.i386, star-1.5a25-8.ia64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2007:0873
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2007:0873
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2007:0873
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0873
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2007:0873
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0873
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2007:0873
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0873
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2007:0873
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0873

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-4134
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vh55-9p6r-h46f

References

Patch 2

Advisory 2

Other 3

  • TI-2007-05701 Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2009-02935 Array index error in the gdth_read_event function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2011-00871 The seunshare_mount function in sandbox/seunshare.c in seunshare in certain Red Hat… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2018-13573 An issue has been found in JasPer 2.0.14. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2007-05991 The xmlCurrentChar function in libxml2 before 2.6.31 allows context-dependent attackers… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2008-03671 A certain Fedora patch for the utrace subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.5-28 on… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.9
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