CVE-2007-4559

Advisory

Gns3-gui 2.2.35 includes a fix for CVE-2007-4559: Directory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall functions in the tarfile module in Python allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive, a related issue to CVE-2001-1267.

Affected package

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

* Prevent locked drawings to be deleted. Fixes https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/issues/2948
* Fix issues with empty project variables. Fixes https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/issues/2941
* Upgrade psutil to version 5.6.6 due to CVE-2019-18874 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qfc5-mcwq-26q8
* Use existing README.txt if existing when exporting portable project. Fixes https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-server/issues/1724
* Allow creation of a diskless Qemu VMs. Fixes 2939
* Re-enable "create new version" in appliance wizard. Fixes 2837
* Fix unable to load project from project library. Fixes 2932
* Fix some permission denied errors when loading remote project. Ref 2871 Fixes 2901
* Add 'Royal TS V5' to predefined console list
* Disallow invalid grid sized. Fixes 2908
* Check if hostname is blank. Fixes 2924
* Add nvme disk interface and fix scsi disk interface for Qemu VMs.
* Add latest Qemu nic models.
* Upgrade Qt version to 5.14.1. Ref 2778 2903

Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4559
• http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074290.html
• http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074292.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26623
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022