CVE-2005-1918

Fixed in a distro release EPSS 3%

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 "/".

Published 2006-02-21 · CVE record · OSV

Products: gnu tar, redhat enterprise_linux, redhat enterprise_linux_desktop, redhat linux_advanced_workstation

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