The original patch for a GNU tar directory traversal...
Low severity
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Published
May 3, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Feb 1, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Dec 31, 2005
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 3, 2022
Last updated
Feb 1, 2023
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 "/".
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