ALPINE-CVE-2018-12015

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CVE-2018-12015
Published: 07 Jun 2018, 13:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:41

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

07 Jun 2018, 13:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:41
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Systems

  • alpine•perl

    < 5.26.2-r1 | < 5.26.2-r1 | < 5.26.2-r1 | < 5.26.2-r1 | < 5.26.2-r1 | < 5.26.2-r1 | < 5.26.2-r1 | < 5.26.2-r1 | < 5.26.2-r1 | < 5.26.2-r1 | < 5.26.2-r1 | < 5.26.2-r1 | < 5.26.2-r1 | < 5.26.2-r1 | < 5.24.4-r1 | < 5.24.4-r1 | < 5.26.2-r1 | < 5.26.2-r1 | < 5.26.2-r1

References (1)