Modified
This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.
Current Description
GNU tar 1.16 and 1.15.1, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a tar file that contains a GNUTYPE_NAMES record with a symbolic link, which is not properly handled by the extract_archive function in extract.c and extract_mangle function in mangle.c, a variant of CVE-2002-1216.
Source:
MITRE
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Analysis Description
GNU tar 1.16 and 1.15.1, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a tar file that contains a GNUTYPE_NAMES record with a symbolic link, which is not properly handled by the extract_archive function in extract.c and extract_mangle function in mangle.c, a variant of CVE-2002-1216.
Source:
MITRE
Severity
CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:
NVD score not yet provided.
CVSS 2.0 Severity and Metrics:
Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
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Change History
3 change records found
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CVE Modified by MITRE -
10/17/2018 5:46:36 PM
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453286/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464268/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/453286/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/464268/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] |
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CVE Modified by MITRE -
10/10/2017 9:31:24 PM
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10963 [No Types Assigned] |
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http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10963 [No Types Assigned] |
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Initial CVE Analysis -
11/27/2006 2:12:00 PM