GNU 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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Osx Gnutar | — | Upgrade macOS to the latest versionApply OS X security update 2007-003 | Dec 16, 2011 | Nov 24, 2006 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade tar | Jul 30, 2024 | Nov 24, 2006 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade FreeBSDUpgrade gtar | Dec 10, 2025 | Nov 30, 2006 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-arch/tar. | Oct 30, 2017 | Nov 24, 2006 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade tar-docUpgrade tar-rmtUpgrade tar-langUpgrade tar-backup-scriptsUpgrade tar | Dec 12, 2013 | Jun 28, 2013 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade tar | Nov 8, 2024 | Nov 24, 2006 |
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