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.
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | python | 2025-03-26 19:24 | ALAS2-2025-2816 |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | python-pip | 2025-03-26 19:24 | ALAS2-2025-2814 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | python-pip | 2025-03-26 20:44 | ALAS2023-2025-923 |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | python3 | 2025-03-26 19:24 | ALAS2-2025-2815 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | python3.11 | 2025-01-30 03:53 | ALAS2023-2025-829 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | python3.11-pip | 2025-03-26 20:44 | ALAS2023-2025-924 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | python3.9 | 2024-12-12 20:19 | ALAS2023-2024-790 |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Python3.8 Extra | python38 | 2024-11-08 17:57 | ALAS2PYTHON3.8-2024-016 |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Python3.8 Extra | python38-pip | 2025-03-26 19:21 | ALAS2PYTHON3.8-2025-018 |
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
