CVE-2005-1918
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 21, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 8, 2005
Description
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 "/".
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9946vdb-entrysignature
- 5834vdb-entry
- SUSE-SR:2006:005vendor-advisory
- 1015655vdb-entry
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-110.htm
- 18988third-party-advisory
- 19130third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2006:0195vendor-advisory
- 20397third-party-advisory
- FLSA:183571-1vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=140589
- 19183third-party-advisory
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