SUSE CVE-2007-4559

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...

SUSE CVE-2015-4021

The pharparsetarfile function in ext/phar/tar.c in PHP before 5.4.41, 5.5.x before 5.5.25, and 5.6.x before 5.6.9 does not verify that the first character of a filename is different from the \0 character, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service integer underflow and memory...

SUSE CVE-2019-20907

In Lib/tarfile.py in Python through 3.8.3, an attacker is able to craft a TAR archive leading to an infinite loop when opened by tarfile.open, because procpax lacks header validation...

RHEL 7 : python27 (RHSA-2020:4273)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4273 advisory. Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level...

RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-python36 (RHSA-2020:4285)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4285 advisory. Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high leve...

Path Traversal

GuardDog is vulnerable to path traversal. The vulnerability exists due to the unsafe extraction using the tarfile.TarFile.extractall functionality in the scanlocal function of packagescanner.py, which allows an attacker to write arbitrary files outside the destination directory through a maliciou...

GHSA-RP2V-V467-Q9VQ GuardDog vulnerable to arbitrary file write when scanning a specially-crafted PyPI package

Impact Running GuardDog against a specially-crafted package can allow an attacker to write an arbitrary file on the machine where GuardDog is executed. This is due to a path traversal vulnerability when extracting the .tar.gz file of the package being scanned, which exists by design in the...

PT-2022-16057 · Python +1 · Tarfile.Tarfile +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: GuardDog versions prior to 0.1.5 Description: The issue allows an attacker to write an arbitrary file on the machine where GuardDog is executed due to a path traversal vulnerability when extracting the .tar.gz file of the package being scanne...

The vulnerability of the extract and extractall functions in the tarfile module of the Python interpreter allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the extract and extractall functions in the tarfile module of the Python interpreter is related to incorrect pathname restrictions for restricted access directories. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code...

15-Year-Old Unpatched Python Vulnerability Potentially Affects Over 350,000 Projects

As many as 350,000 open source projects are believed to be potentially vulnerable to exploitation as a result of a security flaw in a Python module that has remained unpatched for 15 years. The open source repositories span a number of industry verticals, such as software development, artificial...

Open-Source Intelligence to Understand the Scope of N-Day Vulnerabilities

Open-Source Intelligence to Understand the Scope of N-Day Vulnerabilities By Charles McFarland · September 21, 2022 The zero-day is the holy grail for cybercriminals; However, N-day vulnerabilities can pose problems even years after discovery. If a target is vulnerable, it doesn’t matter whether...

Limiting the Software Supply Chain Attack Surface

Limiting the Software Supply Chain Attack Surface By Trellix · September 21, 2022 This blog was written by Douglas McKee We often discuss how the intentions of an action matter, and it's clear to see why they do. If I am walking down the sidewalk, distracted by my phone of course and run into a...

Tarfile: Exploiting the World With a 15-Year-Old Vulnerability

Tarfile: Exploiting the World With a 15-Year-Old Vulnerability By Trellix · September 21, 2022 This story was also written by Kasimir Schulz While investigating an unrelated vulnerability, Trellix Advanced Research Center stumbled across a vulnerability in Python’s tarfile module. Initially we...

Limiting the Software Supply Chain Attack Surface

Limiting the Software Supply Chain Attack Surface By Trellix · September 21, 2022 This blog was written by Douglas McKee We often discuss how the intentions of an action matter, and it's clear to see why they do. If I am walking down the sidewalk, distracted by my phone of course and run into a...

Tarfile: Exploiting the World With a 15-Year-Old Vulnerability

Tarfile: Exploiting the World With a 15-Year-Old Vulnerability By Trellix · September 21, 2022 This story was also written by Kasimir Schulz While investigating an unrelated vulnerability, Trellix Advanced Research Center stumbled across a vulnerability in Python’s tarfile module. Initially we...

Open-Source Intelligence to Understand the Scope of N-Day Vulnerabilities

Open-Source Intelligence to Understand the Scope of N-Day Vulnerabilities By Charles McFarland · September 21, 2022 The zero-day is the holy grail for cybercriminals; However, N-day vulnerabilities can pose problems even years after discovery. If a target is vulnerable, it doesn’t matter whether...

The vulnerability of the phar_parse_tarfile function in the PHP programming language allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the PHP interpreter extension is related to errors in number processing. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code or cause a service failure using a specially created tar archive...

The vulnerability of the phar_parse_tarfile function in the PHP programming language allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the pharparsetarfile function ext/phar/tar.c in the PHP programming language is related to errors in number processing. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause service failures remotely...

F5 Networks BIG-IP : Python tarfile library vulnerability (K78284681)

The version of F5 Networks BIG-IP installed on the remote host is prior to 15.1.9 / 16.1.4 / 17.1.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the K78284681 advisory. In Lib/tarfile.py in Python through 3.8.3, an attacker is able to craft a TAR archive leading to an infinite...

The vulnerability of the python/arfile.cc, python/tag.cc, and python/tarfile.cc files from the Python package installation module APT lies in the fact that resources are not released after their useful life has ended. This allows a perpetrator to cause service failures.

The vulnerability of the python/arfile.cc, python/tag.cc, and python/tarfile.cc files in the Python package installation module APT is related to the lack of resource release after the expiration of their useful life. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause service failures...