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Published: 31/12/2005 Updated: 19/10/2018

CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.6 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 4.9

VMScore: 231

Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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 malicious users to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted tar file, probably involving "/../" sequences with a leading "/".

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gnu tar 1.13.25
redhat enterprise linux 2.1
redhat enterprise linux desktop 3.0
redhat linux advanced workstation 2.1
redhat enterprise linux 3.0

CWE-22 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0195.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=140589 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5834 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015655 http://secunia.com/advisories/18988 ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html http://secunia.com/advisories/19130 http://secunia.com/advisories/19183 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-110.htm http://secunia.com/advisories/20397 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9946 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430297/100/0/threaded https://nvd.nist.gov

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