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CVE-2005-1918

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

2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.6 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-22

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	tar	1.13.25	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	2.1	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	2.1	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	2.1	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	2.1	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	2.1	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	2.1	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	3.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	3.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	3.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	3.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	linux_advanced_workstation	2.1	Yes
Operating System	redhat	linux_advanced_workstation	2.1	Yes

References

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18988 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/19183 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20397 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015655 Patch ([email protected])
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-110.htm ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0195.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430297/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5834 Patch ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=140589 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9946 ([email protected])
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18988 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19183 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20397 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015655 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-110.htm (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0195.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430297/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5834 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=140589 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9946 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)