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OESA-2023-1519 (CVE-2007-4559)

Vulnerability from osv_openeuler – Published: 2023-08-18 11:05 – Updated: 2026-08-06 11:05 – Source website

Summary

python3 security update

Details

Python combines remarkable power with very clear syntax. It has modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types, and dynamic typing. There are interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems. New built-in modules are easily written in C or C++ (or other languages, depending on the chosen implementation). Python is also usable as an extension language for applications written in other languages that need easy-to-use scripting or automation interfaces. This package Provides python version 3.

Security Fix(es):

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.(CVE-2007-4559)

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

URL

Type

	https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bull…	ADVISORY
	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4559	ADVISORY

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CVE-2007-4559 (GCVE-0-2007-4559)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-08-28 00:00 – Updated: 2025-01-17 14:48

Summary

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-01-17 14:48 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

12 references

URL	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/26623	third-party-advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022	vdb-entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-…	mailing-list
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-…	mailing-list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06	vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…

Date Public

2007-08-24 00:00

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