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.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4226-1 perl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-4007 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3684-1 Perl vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3684-2 Perl vulnerability
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Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T08:24:03.584Z

Reserved: 2018-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-12015

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-07T13:29:00.240

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:44:24.850

Link: CVE-2018-12015

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-12015 - Bugzilla

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