Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:23156Arbitrary File Overwrite
0.02 Low
EPSS
Percentile
88.9%
tar is vulnerable to arbitrary file overwrite. The vulnerability exists as a path traversal flaw was discovered in the way GNU tar extracted archives. A malicious user could create a tar archive that could write to arbitrary files to which the user running GNU tar had write access.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| tar | eq | 1.15.1__23.el5 | |
| tar | eq | 1.15.1__23.el5 |
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