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Directory Traversal Affecting tar package, versions <1.14-2.2

0.0
low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.11% (44th percentile)
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NVD
3.7 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-TAR-312302
  • published 31 Dec 2005
  • disclosed 31 Dec 2005
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Introduced: 31 Dec 2005

CVE-2005-1918 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-22 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 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:9 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 "/".