CVE-2005-2541 Affecting tar package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.69% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-TAR-1325726
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 4 Aug 2005

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 tar.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tar package and not the tar package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

7 high