diff --git a/yolov3/dataset/download_voc.py b/yolov3/dataset/download_voc.py
index 95068d7..8687f7a 100644
--- a/yolov3/dataset/download_voc.py
+++ b/yolov3/dataset/download_voc.py
@@ -34,7 +34,26 @@ def download_decompress_file(data_dir, url, md5):
     tar_file = _download(url, data_dir, md5)
     logger.info("Decompressing {}".format(tar_file))
     with tarfile.open(tar_file) as tf:
-        tf.extractall(path=data_dir)
+        def is_within_directory(directory, target):
+            
+            abs_directory = os.path.abspath(directory)
+            abs_target = os.path.abspath(target)
+        
+            prefix = os.path.commonprefix([abs_directory, abs_target])
+            
+            return prefix == abs_directory
+        
+        def safe_extract(tar, path=".", members=None, *, numeric_owner=False):
+        
+            for member in tar.getmembers():
+                member_path = os.path.join(path, member.name)
+                if not is_within_directory(path, member_path):
+                    raise Exception("Attempted Path Traversal in Tar File")
+        
+            tar.extractall(path, members, numeric_owner=numeric_owner) 
+            
+        
+        safe_extract(tf, path=data_dir)
     os.remove(tar_file)