CVE-2001-1267

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Summary

CVECVE-2001-1267
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-07-12 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar 1.13.19 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a tar file whose filenames contain a .. (dot dot).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Tar All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
Mandrakesoft Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandrakesoft.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
ISS X-Force Database: archive-extraction-directory-traversal (10224): Multiple vendor file archivers file extraction directory traversal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Vendor Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/196445 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
#47800: Sun Linux Vulnerabilities in "unzip" and GNU "tar" During File Extraction java.lang.NullPointerException af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
GNU Tar Hostile Destination Path Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4514 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com
alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.13.25.tar.gz af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 alpha.gnu.org
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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