CVE-2007-4559
Detail
Modified After Enrichment
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Description
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.
Metrics
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
NVD assessment
not yet provided.
CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:
Base
Score:
NVD assessment
not yet provided.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
Vector:
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Official Statement from Red Hat (10/15/2007)
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263261
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
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Change History
12 change records found show changes
CVE Modified by CISA-ADP
6/16/2026 6:44:19 PM
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CVE Modified by MITRE
6/16/2026 6:44:19 PM
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[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}]
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CVE Status Change
4/22/2026 8:35:47 PM
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CVE Modified by CISA-ADP
1/17/2025 10:15:11 AM
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CVSS V3.1 |
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CWE |
CWE-22
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CVE Modified by CVE
11/20/2024 7:35:53 PM
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http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074290.html
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http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074292.html
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http://secunia.com/advisories/26623
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVBB7NU3YIRRDOKLYVN647WPRR3IAKR6/
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FI55PGL47ES3OU2FQPGEHOI2EK3S2OBH/
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KA4Z44ZAI4SY7THCFBUDNT5EEFO4XQ3A/
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CVBB7NU3YIRRDOKLYVN647WPRR3IAKR6/
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FI55PGL47ES3OU2FQPGEHOI2EK3S2OBH/
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KA4Z44ZAI4SY7THCFBUDNT5EEFO4XQ3A/
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
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CVE Modified by MITRE
5/13/2024 9:47:30 PM
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CVE Modified by MITRE
3/22/2024 11:15:08 PM
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MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KA4Z44ZAI4SY7THCFBUDNT5EEFO4XQ3A/ [No types assigned]
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CVE Modified by MITRE
3/15/2024 11:15:06 PM
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MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVBB7NU3YIRRDOKLYVN647WPRR3IAKR6/ [No types assigned]
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CVE Modified by MITRE
3/15/2024 10:15:06 PM
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MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FI55PGL47ES3OU2FQPGEHOI2EK3S2OBH/ [No types assigned]
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CVE Modified by MITRE
9/17/2023 5:15:07 AM
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06 [No Types Assigned]
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Modified Analysis by NIST
8/02/2023 1:28:20 PM
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CPE Configuration |
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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*cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.6.16
*cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.7.0 up to (excluding) 3.8.17
*cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.9.0 up to (excluding) 3.9.17
*cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.10.0 up to (excluding) 3.10.12
*cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.11.0 up to (excluding) 3.11.4
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http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074290.html No Types Assigned
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http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074290.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
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http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074292.html Exploit
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http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074292.html Exploit, Mailing List
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http://secunia.com/advisories/26623 No Types Assigned
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http://secunia.com/advisories/26623 Broken Link
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022 No Types Assigned
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022 Broken Link
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261 No Types Assigned
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261 Issue Tracking
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Initial CVE Analysis
8/28/2007 12:07:00 PM
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Quick Info
CVE Dictionary Entry: CVE-2007-4559 NVD
Published Date: 08/27/2007 NVD
Last Modified: 06/16/2026
Source: MITRE
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