Vulnerability CVE-2005-1918
Published: 2005-12-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

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 "/".

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.6/10
2.9/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Linux advanced workstation 
GNU -> TAR 

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