Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-12015 - Link Following vulnerability in multiple products

CVSS 7.5 - HIGH

Attack vector

NETWORK

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

NONE

Integrity impact

HIGH

Availability impact

NONE

network

low complexity

canonical

debian

perl

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
OS	Canonical Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04	5
OS	Debian Debian Debian Linux 8.0 Debian Debian Linux 9.0	2
OS	Apple Apple MAC OS X - Apple MAC OS X 10.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.0.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.0.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.0.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.0.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.0.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.1.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.1.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.1.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.1.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.1.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.1.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.2.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.2.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.2.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.2.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.2.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.2.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.2.6 Apple MAC OS X 10.2.7 Apple MAC OS X 10.2.8 Apple MAC OS X 10.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.6 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.7 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.8 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.9 Apple MAC OS X 10.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.6 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.7 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.8 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.9 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.10 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.11 Apple MAC OS X 10.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.5.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.5.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.5.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.5.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.5.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.5.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.5.6 Apple MAC OS X 10.5.7 Apple MAC OS X 10.5.8 Apple MAC OS X 10.6.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.6.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.6.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.6.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.6.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.6.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.6.6 Apple MAC OS X 10.6.7 Apple MAC OS X 10.6.8 Apple MAC OS X 10.7.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.7.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.7.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.7.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.7.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.7.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.8.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.8.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.8.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.8.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.8.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.8.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.9 Apple MAC OS X 10.9.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.9.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.9.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.9.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.9.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.10.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.10.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.10.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.10.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.10.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.10.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.11.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.11.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.11.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.11.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.11.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.11.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.11.6 Apple MAC OS X 10.12 Apple MAC OS X 10.12.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.12.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.12.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.12.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.12.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.12.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.12.6 Apple MAC OS X 10.13 Apple MAC OS X 10.13.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.13.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.13.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.13.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.13.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.13.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.13.6 Apple MAC OS X 10.14 Apple MAC OS X 10.14.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.14.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.14.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.14.3	158
Application	Perl Perl Perl - Perl Perl 0.1 Perl Perl 0.2 Perl Perl 0.3 Perl Perl 0.4 Perl Perl 0.5 Perl Perl 0.52 Perl Perl 0.61 Perl Perl 0.62 Perl Perl 0.63 Perl Perl 0.64 Perl Perl 0.65 Perl Perl 0.66 Perl Perl 0.67 Perl Perl 0.68 Perl Perl 0.69 Perl Perl 0.70 Perl Perl 0.71 Perl Perl 0.72 Perl Perl 0.73 Perl Perl 0.80 Perl Perl 0.81 Perl Perl 0.82 Perl Perl 0.83 Perl Perl 0.84 Perl Perl 0.85 Perl Perl 0.86 Perl Perl 0.87 Perl Perl 0.88 Perl Perl 0.89 Perl Perl 0.90 Perl Perl 0.91 Perl Perl 0.92 Perl Perl 0.93 Perl Perl 0.94 Perl Perl 0.95 Perl Perl 0.96 Perl Perl 0.97 Perl Perl 0.98 Perl Perl 0.99 Perl Perl 1.00 Perl Perl 1.01 Perl Perl 1.20 Perl Perl 1.21 Perl Perl 1.22 Perl Perl 1.31 Perl Perl 1.32 Perl Perl 1.40 Perl Perl 1.41 Perl Perl 1.42 Perl Perl 1.43 Perl Perl 1.44 Perl Perl 1.45 Perl Perl 1.46 Perl Perl 1.47 Perl Perl 1.48 Perl Perl 1.49 Perl Perl 2.0.0 Perl Perl 2.1.0 Perl Perl 2.1.1 Perl Perl 2.1.2 Perl Perl 2.1.3 Perl Perl 2.2.0 Perl Perl 2.2.1 Perl Perl 2.2.2 Perl Perl 2.3.0 Perl Perl 2.4.0 Perl Perl 2.5.0 Perl Perl 2.5.1 Perl Perl 2.6.0 Perl Perl 2.6.1 Perl Perl 2.6.2 Perl Perl 2.6.3 Perl Perl 2.6.4 Perl Perl 2.6.5 Perl Perl 2.6.6 Perl Perl 2.7.0 Perl Perl 2.7.1 Perl Perl 2.7.2 Perl Perl 2.8.0 Perl Perl 2.8.1 Perl Perl 2.8.2 Perl Perl 2.8.3 Perl Perl 2.8.4 Perl Perl 2.8.5 Perl Perl 2.8.6 Perl Perl 2.8.7 Perl Perl 2.8.8 Perl Perl 2.9.0 Perl Perl 2.9.1 Perl Perl 2.9.2 Perl Perl 2.10.0 Perl Perl 2.10.1 Perl Perl 2.10.2 Perl Perl 2.10.3 Perl Perl 2.10.4 Perl Perl 2.10.5 Perl Perl 2.10.6 Perl Perl 2.10.7 Perl Perl 2.11.0 Perl Perl 2.11.1 Perl Perl 2.11.2 Perl Perl 2.11.3 Perl Perl 2.11.4 Perl Perl 2.11.5 Perl Perl 2.11.6 Perl Perl 2.11.7 Perl Perl 2.11.8 Perl Perl 2.12.0 Perl Perl 2.13.0 Perl Perl 2.14.0 Perl Perl 2.14.1 Perl Perl 2.15.0 Perl Perl 2.15.1 Perl Perl 2.16.0 Perl Perl 2.16.1 Perl Perl 2.17.0 Perl Perl 2.17.1 Perl Perl 2.17.2 Perl Perl 2.18.0 Perl Perl 2.18.1 Perl Perl 5.6.0 Perl Perl 5.6.1 Perl Perl 5.8.0 Perl Perl 5.8.1 Perl Perl 5.8.2 Perl Perl 5.8.3 Perl Perl 5.8.4 Perl Perl 5.8.5 Perl Perl 5.8.6 Perl Perl 5.8.7 Perl Perl 5.8.8 Perl Perl 5.8.9 Perl Perl 5.8.10 Perl Perl 5.9.2 Perl Perl 5.10 Perl Perl 5.10.0 Perl Perl 5.10.1 Perl Perl 5.11.0 Perl Perl 5.11.1 Perl Perl 5.11.2 Perl Perl 5.11.3 Perl Perl 5.11.4 Perl Perl 5.11.5 Perl Perl 5.12.0 Perl Perl 5.12.1 Perl Perl 5.12.2 Perl Perl 5.12.3 Perl Perl 5.13.0 Perl Perl 5.13.1 Perl Perl 5.13.2 Perl Perl 5.13.3 Perl Perl 5.13.4 Perl Perl 5.13.5 Perl Perl 5.13.6 Perl Perl 5.13.7 Perl Perl 5.13.8 Perl Perl 5.13.9 Perl Perl 5.13.10 Perl Perl 5.13.11 Perl Perl 5.14.0 Perl Perl 5.14.1 Perl Perl 5.14.2 Perl Perl 5.14.3 Perl Perl 5.16.0 Perl Perl 5.16.1 Perl Perl 5.16.2 Perl Perl 5.17.7 Perl Perl 5.18.4 Perl Perl 5.20.0 Perl Perl 5.20.1 Perl Perl 5.20.2 Perl Perl 5.20.3 Perl Perl 5.21.0 Perl Perl 5.21.1 Perl Perl 5.21.2 Perl Perl 5.21.3 Perl Perl 5.21.4 Perl Perl 5.21.5 Perl Perl 5.21.6 Perl Perl 5.21.7 Perl Perl 5.21.8 Perl Perl 5.21.9 Perl Perl 5.21.10 Perl Perl 5.21.11 Perl Perl 5.22 Perl Perl 5.22.0 Perl Perl 5.22.1 Perl Perl 5.22.2 Perl Perl 5.22.3 Perl Perl 5.22.4 Perl Perl 5.23.0 Perl Perl 5.23.1 Perl Perl 5.23.2 Perl Perl 5.23.3 Perl Perl 5.23.4 Perl Perl 5.23.5 Perl Perl 5.23.6 Perl Perl 5.23.7 Perl Perl 5.23.8 Perl Perl 5.23.9 Perl Perl 5.24.0 Perl Perl 5.24.1 Perl Perl 5.24.2 Perl Perl 5.24.3 Perl Perl 5.24.4 Perl Perl 5.25.0 Perl Perl 5.25.1 Perl Perl 5.25.2 Perl Perl 5.25.3	257
Application	Archive\ Archive Tar_Project	84
Application	Netapp Netapp Snap Creator Framework - Netapp Data Ontap Edge - Netapp Snapdrive - Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation -	4

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Symlink Attack
An attacker positions a symbolic link in such a manner that the targeted user or application accesses the link's endpoint, assuming that it is accessing a file with the link's name. The endpoint file may be either output or input. If the file is output, the result is that the endpoint is modified, instead of a file at the intended location. Modifications to the endpoint file may include appending, overwriting, corrupting, changing permissions, or other modifications. In some variants of this attack the attacker may be able to control the change to a file while in other cases they cannot. The former is especially damaging since the attacker may be able to grant themselves increased privileges or insert false information, but the latter can also be damaging as it can expose sensitive information or corrupt or destroy vital system or application files. Alternatively, the endpoint file may serve as input to the targeted application. This can be used to feed malformed input into the target or to cause the target to process different information, possibly allowing the attacker to control the actions of the target or to cause the target to expose information to the attacker. Moreover, the actions taken on the endpoint file are undertaken with the permissions of the targeted user or application, which may exceed the permissions that the attacker would normally have.
Accessing, Modifying or Executing Executable Files
An attack of this type exploits a system's configuration that allows an attacker to either directly access an executable file, for example through shell access; or in a possible worst case allows an attacker to upload a file and then execute it. Web servers, ftp servers, and message oriented middleware systems which have many integration points are particularly vulnerable, because both the programmers and the administrators must be in synch regarding the interfaces and the correct privileges for each interface.
Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files
An attack of this type exploits a system's trust in configuration and resource files, when the executable loads the resource (such as an image file or configuration file) the attacker has modified the file to either execute malicious code directly or manipulate the target process (e.g. application server) to execute based on the malicious configuration parameters. Since systems are increasingly interrelated mashing up resources from local and remote sources the possibility of this attack occurring is high. The attack can be directed at a client system, such as causing buffer overrun through loading seemingly benign image files, as in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-028 where specially crafted JPEG files could cause a buffer overrun once loaded into the browser. Another example targets clients reading pdf files. In this case the attacker simply appends javascript to the end of a legitimate url for a pdf (http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/danger-danger-danger/) http://path/to/pdf/file.pdf#whatever_name_you_want=javascript:your_code_here The client assumes that they are reading a pdf, but the attacker has modified the resource and loaded executable javascript into the client's browser process. The attack can also target server processes. The attacker edits the resource or configuration file, for example a web.xml file used to configure security permissions for a J2EE app server, adding role name "public" grants all users with the public role the ability to use the administration functionality. The server trusts its configuration file to be correct, but when they are manipulated, the attacker gains full control.
Manipulating Input to File System Calls
An attacker manipulates inputs to the target software which the target software passes to file system calls in the OS. The goal is to gain access to, and perhaps modify, areas of the file system that the target software did not intend to be accessible.

Nessus

NASL family	Huawei Local Security Checks
NASL id	EULEROS_SA-2019-1078.NASL
description	According to the version of the perl packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - 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.(CVE-2018-12015) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	122770
published	2019-03-12
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122770
title	EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.2 : perl (EulerOS-SA-2019-1078)
code	# # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(122770); script_version("1.4"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/02/05"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2018-12015" ); script_name(english:"EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.2 : perl (EulerOS-SA-2019-1078)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing a security update."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to the version of the perl packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - 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.(CVE-2018-12015) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues."); # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2019-1078 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?76bede6b"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Update the affected perl package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/03/01"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/03/12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:perl"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:perl-Pod-Escapes"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:perl-libs"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:perl-macros"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:uvp:2.5.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/release"); if (isnull(release) \|\| release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS"); uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); if (uvp != "2.5.2") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.2"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i686 / x86_64", cpu); flag = 0; pkgs = ["perl-5.16.3-292.h3", "perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-292.h3", "perl-libs-5.16.3-292.h3", "perl-macros-5.16.3-292.h3"]; foreach (pkg in pkgs) if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", reference:pkg)) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "perl"); }

NASL family	Red Hat Local Security Checks
NASL id	REDHAT-RHSA-2019-2097.NASL
description	An update for perl-Archive-Tar is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. The Archive::Tar module provides a mechanism for Perl scripts to manipulate tar archive files. Security Fix(es) : * perl: Directory traversal in Archive::Tar (CVE-2018-12015) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes : For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	127670
published	2019-08-12
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/127670
title	RHEL 7 : perl-Archive-Tar (RHSA-2019:2097)

NASL family	PhotonOS Local Security Checks
NASL id	PHOTONOS_PHSA-2018-2_0-0084_PERL.NASL
description	An update of the perl package has been released.
last seen	2020-03-17
modified	2019-02-07
plugin id	121982
published	2019-02-07
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/121982
title	Photon OS 2.0: Perl PHSA-2018-2.0-0084

NASL family	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
NASL id	ALA_ALAS-2019-1287.NASL
description	It was found that the Archive::Tar module did not properly sanitize symbolic links when extracting tar archives. An attacker, able to provide a specially crafted archive for processing, could use this flaw to write or overwrite arbitrary files in the context of the Perl interpreter.(CVE-2018-12015)
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	129014
published	2019-09-19
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/129014
title	Amazon Linux AMI : perl-Archive-Tar (ALAS-2019-1287)

NASL family	CentOS Local Security Checks
NASL id	CENTOS_RHSA-2019-2097.NASL
description	An update for perl-Archive-Tar is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. The Archive::Tar module provides a mechanism for Perl scripts to manipulate tar archive files. Security Fix(es) : * perl: Directory traversal in Archive::Tar (CVE-2018-12015) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes : For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	128351
published	2019-08-30
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/128351
title	CentOS 7 : perl-Archive-Tar (CESA-2019:2097)

NASL family	Huawei Local Security Checks
NASL id	EULEROS_SA-2019-2415.NASL
description	According to the version of the perl-Archive-Tar package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - 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.(CVE-2018-12015) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
last seen	2020-05-08
modified	2019-12-10
plugin id	131907
published	2019-12-10
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131907
title	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : perl-Archive-Tar (EulerOS-SA-2019-2415)

NASL family	SuSE Local Security Checks
NASL id	OPENSUSE-2019-528.NASL
description	This update for perl fixes the following issues : - CVE-2018-12015: The Archive::Tar module allowed remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism and overwrite arbitrary files (bsc#1096718) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	123223
published	2019-03-27
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123223
title	openSUSE Security Update : perl (openSUSE-2019-528)

NASL family	Fedora Local Security Checks
NASL id	FEDORA_2018-10AE521EFA.NASL
description	This release fixes CVE-2018-12015 vulnerability (a directory traversal). It also fixes creating a file with a trailing white space on the file name. It also allows to archive absolute path names and it speeds up extracting large archives. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
last seen	2020-06-05
modified	2018-06-19
plugin id	110597
published	2018-06-19
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110597
title	Fedora 27 : perl-Archive-Tar (2018-10ae521efa)

NASL family	MacOS X Local Security Checks
NASL id	MACOS_10_14_4.NASL
description	The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 10.14.x prior to 10.14.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including: - Mounting a maliciously crafted NFS network share may lead to arbitrary code execution with system privileges. (CVE-2019-8508) - An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. (CVE-2019-8529) - A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges (CVE-2019-8549)
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	123128
published	2019-03-27
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123128
title	macOS 10.14.x < 10.14.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities

NASL family	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks
NASL id	SL_20190806_PERL_ARCHIVE_TAR_ON_SL7_X.NASL
description	Security Fix(es) : - perl: Directory traversal in Archive::Tar (CVE-2018-12015)
last seen	2020-03-18
modified	2019-08-27
plugin id	128250
published	2019-08-27
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/128250
title	Scientific Linux Security Update : perl-Archive-Tar on SL7.x x86_64 (20190806)

NASL family	MacOS X Local Security Checks
NASL id	MACOS_SECUPD_10_13_6_2019-002.NASL
description	The remote host is running macOS 10.13.6 and is missing a security update. It is therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities including: - An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. (CVE-2019-8529) - A local user may be able to read kernel memory. (CVE-2019-8504) - A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout. (CVE-2019-6207, CVE-2019-8510) - 802.1X - DiskArbitration - Feedback Assistant - IOKit - IOKit SCSI - Kernel - PackageKit - Perl - Security - Time Machine - Wi-Fi
last seen	2020-03-18
modified	2019-03-27
plugin id	123130
published	2019-03-27
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123130
title	macOS 10.13.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2019-002)

NASL family	MacOS X Local Security Checks
NASL id	MACOS_SECUPD_10_12_6_2019-002.NASL
description	The remote host is running Mac OS X 10.12.6 and is missing a security update. It is therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities including: - A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. (CVE-2019-8555) - A malicious application may be able to determine kernel memory layout. (CVE-2019-6207, CVE-2019-8510) - A malicious application may be able to read restricted memory. (CVE-2019-8520) - 802.1X - DiskArbitration - Feedback Assistant - IOKit - IOKit SCSI - Kernel - PackageKit - Perl - Security - Time Machine - Wi-Fi
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	123129
published	2019-03-27
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123129
title	macOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2019-002)

NASL family	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks
NASL id	NEWSTART_CGSL_NS-SA-2019-0230_PERL-ARCHIVE-TAR.NASL
description	The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has perl-Archive-Tar packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability: - 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. (CVE-2018-12015) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	132461
published	2019-12-31
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132461
title	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : perl-Archive-Tar Vulnerability (NS-SA-2019-0230)

NASL family	SuSE Local Security Checks
NASL id	OPENSUSE-2018-751.NASL
description	This update for perl fixes the following issues : - CVE-2018-12015: The Archive::Tar module allowed remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism and overwrite arbitrary files (bsc#1096718) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
last seen	2020-06-05
modified	2018-07-20
plugin id	111199
published	2018-07-20
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/111199
title	openSUSE Security Update : perl (openSUSE-2018-751)

NASL family	SuSE Local Security Checks
NASL id	OPENSUSE-2018-750.NASL
description	This update for perl fixes the following issues : This security issue was fixed : - CVE-2018-12015: The Archive::Tar module allowed remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism and overwrite arbitrary files (bsc#1096718) This non-security issue was fixed : - fix debugger crash in tab completion with Term::ReadLine::Gnu [bsc#1068565] This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.
last seen	2020-06-05
modified	2018-07-20
plugin id	111198
published	2018-07-20
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/111198
title	openSUSE Security Update : perl (openSUSE-2018-750)

NASL family	PhotonOS Local Security Checks
NASL id	PHOTONOS_PHSA-2018-2_0-0084.NASL
description	An update of 'procps-ng', 'openssl', 'perl' packages of Photon OS has been released.
last seen	2019-02-21
modified	2019-02-07
plugin id	112035
published	2018-08-21
reporter	Tenable
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=112035
title	Photon OS 2.0: Openssl / Procps-ng / Perl PHSA-2018-2.0-0084 (deprecated)

NASL family	SuSE Local Security Checks
NASL id	SUSE_SU-2018-1992-1.NASL
description	This update for perl fixes the following issues : - CVE-2018-12015: The Archive::Tar module allowed remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism and overwrite arbitrary files (bsc#1096718). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	111201
published	2018-07-20
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/111201
title	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : perl (SUSE-SU-2018:1992-1)

NASL family	Huawei Local Security Checks
NASL id	EULEROS_SA-2019-1158.NASL
description	According to the version of the perl packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - It was found that the Archive::Tar module did not properly sanitize symbolic links when extracting tar archives. An attacker, able to provide a specially crafted archive for processing, could use this flaw to write or overwrite arbitrary files in the context of the Perl interpreter.i1/4^CVE-2018-12015i1/4%0 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
last seen	2020-03-19
modified	2019-04-09
plugin id	123844
published	2019-04-09
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123844
title	EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.3 : perl (EulerOS-SA-2019-1158)

NASL family	Fedora Local Security Checks
NASL id	FEDORA_2018-4E088B6D7C.NASL
description	This release fixes CVE-2018-12015 vulnerability (a directory traversal). It also fixes creating a file with a trailing white space on the file name. It also allows to archive absolute path names and it speeds up extracting large archives. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
last seen	2020-06-05
modified	2019-01-03
plugin id	120409
published	2019-01-03
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/120409
title	Fedora 28 : perl-Archive-Tar (2018-4e088b6d7c)

NASL family	Huawei Local Security Checks
NASL id	EULEROS_SA-2019-1464.NASL
description	According to the versions of the perl packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Perl before 5.26.3 and 5.28.x before 5.28.1 has a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression that triggers invalid write operations.(CVE-2018-18311) - It was found that the Archive::Tar module did not properly sanitize symbolic links when extracting tar archives. An attacker, able to provide a specially crafted archive for processing, could use this flaw to write or overwrite arbitrary files in the context of the Perl interpreter.(CVE-2018-12015) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	124967
published	2019-05-14
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124967
title	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : perl (EulerOS-SA-2019-1464)

NASL family	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
NASL id	UBUNTU_USN-3684-1.NASL
description	It was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain archive files. An attacker could possibly use this to overwrite arbitrary files. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	110533
published	2018-06-14
reporter	Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110533
title	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.10 / 18.04 LTS : perl vulnerability (USN-3684-1)

NASL family	Huawei Local Security Checks
NASL id	EULEROS_SA-2019-2181.NASL
description	According to the version of the perl-Archive-Tar package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - Archive::Tar provides an object oriented mechanism for handling tar files. It provides class methods for quick and easy files handling while also allowing for the creation of tar file objects for custom manipulation. If you have the IO::Zlib module installed, Archive::Tar will also support compressed or gzipped tar files.Security Fix(es):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.(CVE-2018-12015) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
last seen	2020-05-08
modified	2019-11-08
plugin id	130643
published	2019-11-08
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/130643
title	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : perl-Archive-Tar (EulerOS-SA-2019-2181)

NASL family	SuSE Local Security Checks
NASL id	SUSE_SU-2018-1972-1.NASL
description	This update for perl fixes the following issues: These security issue were fixed : - CVE-2018-6913: Fixed space calculation issues in pp_pack.c (bsc#1082216). - CVE-2018-6798: Fixed heap buffer overflow in regexec.c (bsc#1082233). - CVE-2018-6797: Fixed sharp-s regexp overflow (bsc#1082234). - CVE-2018-12015: The Archive::Tar module allowed remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism and overwrite arbitrary files (bsc#1096718) The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	111150
published	2018-07-18
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/111150
title	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : perl (SUSE-SU-2018:1972-1)

NASL family	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks
NASL id	NEWSTART_CGSL_NS-SA-2019-0188_PERL-ARCHIVE-TAR.NASL
description	The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has perl-Archive-Tar packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability: - 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. (CVE-2018-12015) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	129887
published	2019-10-15
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/129887
title	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : perl-Archive-Tar Vulnerability (NS-SA-2019-0188)

NASL family	SuSE Local Security Checks
NASL id	SUSE_SU-2018-1972-2.NASL
description	This update for perl fixes the following issues : These security issue were fixed : CVE-2018-6913: Fixed space calculation issues in pp_pack.c (bsc#1082216). CVE-2018-6798: Fixed heap buffer overflow in regexec.c (bsc#1082233). CVE-2018-6797: Fixed sharp-s regexp overflow (bsc#1082234). CVE-2018-12015: The Archive::Tar module allowed remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism and overwrite arbitrary files (bsc#1096718) The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	118275
published	2018-10-22
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118275
title	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : perl (SUSE-SU-2018:1972-2)

NASL family	Debian Local Security Checks
NASL id	DEBIAN_DSA-4226.NASL
description	Jakub Wilk discovered a directory traversal flaw in the Archive::Tar module, allowing an attacker to overwrite any file writable by the extracting user via a specially crafted tar archive.
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	110464
published	2018-06-12
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110464
title	Debian DSA-4226-1 : perl - security update

NASL family	PhotonOS Local Security Checks
NASL id	PHOTONOS_PHSA-2018-1_0-0175_PERL.NASL
description	An update of the perl package has been released.
last seen	2020-03-17
modified	2019-02-07
plugin id	121876
published	2019-02-07
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/121876
title	Photon OS 1.0: Perl PHSA-2018-1.0-0175

NASL family	SuSE Local Security Checks
NASL id	SUSE_SU-2018-1977-1.NASL
description	This update for perl fixes the following issues : - CVE-2018-12015: The Archive::Tar module allowed remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism and overwrite arbitrary files (bsc#1096718) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
last seen	2020-03-21
modified	2019-01-02
plugin id	120049
published	2019-01-02
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/120049
title	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : perl (SUSE-SU-2018:1977-1)

NASL family	Huawei Local Security Checks
NASL id	EULEROS_SA-2018-1307.NASL
description	According to the version of the perl packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - It was found that the Archive::Tar module did not properly sanitize symbolic links when extracting tar archives. An attacker, able to provide a specially crafted archive for processing, could use this flaw to write or overwrite arbitrary files in the context of the Perl interpreter.(CVE-2018-12015) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
last seen	2020-05-06
modified	2018-09-27
plugin id	117750
published	2018-09-27
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117750
title	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : perl (EulerOS-SA-2018-1307)

NASL family	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
NASL id	AL2_ALAS-2019-1330.NASL
description	It was found that the Archive::Tar module did not properly sanitize symbolic links when extracting tar archives. An attacker, able to provide a specially crafted archive for processing, could use this flaw to write or overwrite arbitrary files in the context of the Perl interpreter.(CVE-2018-12015)
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	130226
published	2019-10-25
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/130226
title	Amazon Linux 2 : perl-Archive-Tar (ALAS-2019-1330)

NASL family	Huawei Local Security Checks
NASL id	EULEROS_SA-2018-1308.NASL
description	According to the version of the perl packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - It was found that the Archive::Tar module did not properly sanitize symbolic links when extracting tar archives. An attacker, able to provide a specially crafted archive for processing, could use this flaw to write or overwrite arbitrary files in the context of the Perl interpreter.(CVE-2018-12015) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
last seen	2020-05-06
modified	2018-09-27
plugin id	117751
published	2018-09-27
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117751
title	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : perl (EulerOS-SA-2018-1308)

Redhat

advisories

bugzilla

id	1588760
title	CVE-2018-12015 perl: Directory traversal in Archive::Tar

oval

comment Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
oval oval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304026

AND

comment Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is installed
oval oval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20150364027
comment perl-Archive-Tar is earlier than 0:1.92-3.el7
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20192097001
comment perl-Archive-Tar is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20110558016

rhsa

id	RHSA-2019:2097
released	2019-08-06
severity	Moderate
title	RHSA-2019:2097: perl-Archive-Tar security update (Moderate)

rpms

perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.92-3.el7

Summary

Vulnerable Configurations

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Nessus

Redhat

References