CVE-2005-1918

GNU tar - Path Traversal via Crafted Tar File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 "/".

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9946
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5834
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015655
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18988
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0195.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/20397
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430297/100/0/threaded
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sgi
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/19183

Scores

EPSS 0.0206
EPSS Percentile 84.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (5)
gnu/tar 1.13.25
redhat/enterprise_linux 2.1 (6 CPE variants)
redhat/enterprise_linux 3.0 (3 CPE variants)
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 3.0
redhat/linux_advanced_workstation 2.1 (2 CPE variants)
Published Dec 31, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026