5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.082 Low
EPSS
Percentile
94.4%
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 “/”.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 12 | all | tar | < 1.14-2.2 | tar_1.14-2.2_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | tar | < 1.14-2.2 | tar_1.14-2.2_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | tar | < 1.14-2.2 | tar_1.14-2.2_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | tar | < 1.14-2.2 | tar_1.14-2.2_all.deb |