CVE-2018-12015

In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and overwrite arbitrary files, via an archive file containing a symlink and a regular file with the same name.

• CWE-59

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/49Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104423Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041048Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2097
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900834Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/42Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180927-0001/Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209600Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3684-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3684-2/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4226Third Party Advisory
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/49Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104423Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041048Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2097
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900834Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/42Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180927-0001/Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209600Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3684-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3684-2/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4226Third Party Advisory
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

Published

Jun 7, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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