{"id":"MGASA-2014-0090","summary":"Updated libtar package fixes security vulnerability","details":"A directory traversal attack was reported against libtar, a C library for\nmanipulating tar archives. The application does not validate the filenames\ninside the tar archive, allowing to extract files in arbitrary path. An\nattacker can craft a tar file to override files beyond the tar_extract_glob\nand tar_extract_all prefix parameter (CVE-2013-4420).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:25:49.311770046Z","published":"2014-02-21T18:18:54Z","upstream":["CVE-2013-4420"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0090.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12824"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2863"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libtar","ecosystem":"Mageia:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/libtar?arch=source&distro=mageia-3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.2.18-2.2.mga3"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0090.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libtar","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/libtar?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.2.20-2.1.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0090.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}