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CVE-2007-4829 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (libarchive-tar-perl, perl), 13 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): not-affected 4, released 4, ignored 2, needs-triage 2, DNE 1.
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Archive::Tar Perl module 1.36 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a TAR archive that contains a file whose name is an absolute path or has ".." sequences.