diff --git a/DeepLabV3Plus-Pytorch/datasets/voc.py b/DeepLabV3Plus-Pytorch/datasets/voc.py
index c2a2668..3a315bb 100644
--- a/DeepLabV3Plus-Pytorch/datasets/voc.py
+++ b/DeepLabV3Plus-Pytorch/datasets/voc.py
@@ -164,4 +164,23 @@ def decode_target(cls, mask):
 def download_extract(url, root, filename, md5):
     download_url(url, root, filename, md5)
     with tarfile.open(os.path.join(root, filename), "r") as tar:
-        tar.extractall(path=root)
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+        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(tar, path=root)
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