CVE-2005-2541 Affecting tar package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.63% (80th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS6-TAR-1937045
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 4 Aug 2005
Introduced: 4 Aug 2005
CVE-2005-2541 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:6 tar.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tar package and not the tar package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
Tar 1.15.1 does not properly warn the user when extracting setuid or setgid files, which may allow local users or remote attackers to gain privileges.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112327628230258&w=2
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2541
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc713534b10f9daeee2e0990239fa407e2118e4aa9e88a7041177497c@%3Cissues.guacamole.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc713534b10f9daeee2e0990239fa407e2118e4aa9e88a7041177497c%40%3Cissues.guacamole.apache.org%3E
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