Directory Traversal Affecting tar package, versions <1.14-2.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.93% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-TAR-312304
  • published31 Dec 2005
  • disclosed31 Dec 2005

Introduced: 31 Dec 2005

CVE-2005-1918  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable tar to version 1.14-2.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tar package and not the tar package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

The original patch for a GNU tar directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2002-0399) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 2.1 uses an "incorrect optimization" that allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted tar file, probably involving "/../" sequences with a leading "/".

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1