CVE-2002-0399

Medium

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar 1.13.19 through 1.13.25, and possibly later versions, allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a (1) "/.." or (2) "./.." string, which removes the leading slash but leaves the "..", a variant of CVE-2001-1267.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductGnu Tar
PublishedOct 10, 2002
First seenOct 10, 2002

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gnu tar1.13.25—

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