CVE-2002-0399 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2002-0399
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Description: Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar 1.13.19 through 1.13.25, and possibly later versions, allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a (1) "/.." or (2) "./.." string, which removes the leading slash but leaves the "..", a variant of CVE-2001-1267.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10224.php SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html SUNALERT http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-47800-1 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA19130 Secunia Advisory: SA26604 Secunia Advisory: SA26673 Secunia Advisory: SA26987 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-096.html MANDRAKE http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:066 ENGARDE http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-2400.html CONFIRM CONECTIVA http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000538 BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/477865/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/477731/100/0/threaded http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=103419290219680&w=2 BID 5834

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