CVE-2006-6097

Summary

CVECVE-2006-6097
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-24 18:07:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-17 21:46:00 UTC
DescriptionGNU 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Tar 1.15.1 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.16 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.15.1 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.16 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FreeBSD update for gtar - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
VMware ESX Server 2.5.4 Upgrade Patch 5 (for 2.5.4 Systems Only) CONFIRM www.vmware.com
2006-0068 TRUSTIX www.trustix.org
[Full-disclosure] GNU tar directory traversal FULLDISC lists.grok.org.uk Exploit
SecurityReason - GNU tar directory traversal SREASON securityreason.com
FreeBSD-SA-06:26 FREEBSD security.freebsd.org
About the security content of Mac OS X 10.4.9 and Security Update 2007-003 CONFIRM docs.info.apple.com
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
20061202-01-P SGI patches.sgi.com
Trustix update for gnupg and tar - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-821 CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
APPLE-SA-2007-03-13 Mac OS X v10.4.9 and Security Update 2007-003 APPLE lists.apple.com
Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Ubuntu update for tar - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Mandriva update for tar - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - GNU tar GNUTYPE_NAMES Record Directory Traversal Flaw May Let Remote Users Overwrite Arbitrary Files SECTRACK securitytracker.com
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GNU Tar GNUTYPE_NAMES Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit
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usn/usn-385-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Tar: Directory traversal vulnerability GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
216937 – CVE-2006-6097 GNU tar directory traversal MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
ASA-2007-015 (RHSA-2006-0749) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
VMware Knowledge Base CONFIRM kb.vmware.com
GNU tar "GNUTYPES_NAMES" Record Type Security Issue - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
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Gentoo update for tar - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE slackware.com
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Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1223-1 tar DEBIAN www.debian.org
rPath update for tar - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-03-14Mark J CoxRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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