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Patching CVE-2007-4559

Hi, we are security researchers from the Advanced Research Center at Trellix. We have began a campaign to patch a widespread bug named CVE-2007-4559. CVE-2007-4559 is a 15 year old bug in the Python tarfile package. By using extract() or extractall() on a tarfile object without sanitizing input, a maliciously crafted .tar file could perform a directory path traversal attack. We found at least one unsantized extractall() in your codebase and are providing a patch for you via pull request. The patch essentially checks to see if all tarfile members will be extracted safely and throws an exception otherwise. We encourage you to use this patch or your own solution to secure against CVE-2007-4559. Further technical information about the vulnerability can be found in this blog.

If you have further questions you may contact us through this projects lead researcher Kasimir Schulz.

@wenyongh wenyongh merged commit 7ad3412 into bytecodealliance:main Nov 17, 2022
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@TrellixVulnTeam Thanks a lot for submitting the PR to improve the security!

NingW101 pushed a commit to NingW101/wasm-micro-runtime that referenced this pull request Dec 1, 2022
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Fix a widespread bug named CVE-2007-4559, which is a 15 year old bug
in the Python tarfile package. By using extract() or extractall() on a tarfile
object without sanitizing input, a maliciously crafted .tar file could
perform a directory path traversal attack. This patch essentially checks to
see if all tarfile members will be extracted safely and throws an exception
otherwise.
wenyongh pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Dec 6, 2022
Fix a widespread bug named CVE-2007-4559, which is a 15 year old bug
in the Python tarfile package. By using extract() or extractall() on a tarfile
object without sanitizing input, a maliciously crafted .tar file could
perform a directory path traversal attack. This patch essentially checks to
see if all tarfile members will be extracted safely and throws an exception
otherwise.
vickiegpt pushed a commit to vickiegpt/wamr-aot-gc-checkpoint-restore that referenced this pull request May 27, 2024
…1709)

Fix a widespread bug named CVE-2007-4559, which is a 15 year old bug
in the Python tarfile package. By using extract() or extractall() on a tarfile
object without sanitizing input, a maliciously crafted .tar file could
perform a directory path traversal attack. This patch essentially checks to
see if all tarfile members will be extracted safely and throws an exception
otherwise.
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