CVE-2006-6097
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 11.69 % · percentile 96 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
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.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23117
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10963
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-821
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1918
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21235
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23146
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050812.html
- http://kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/817/2240267_f.SAL_Public.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23209
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5102
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0068/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23142
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23314
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1171
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-015.htm
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-10.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23198
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23115
- http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200702-patch.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453286/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23911
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-385-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464268/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23173
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0749.html
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.asc
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017423
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24636
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1223
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23443
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=216937
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:219
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.038.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4717
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23514
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.469379
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23163
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 4.0 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2006-6080
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2006-6097
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTA-2007-AVI-154 — Multiples vulnérabilités de VMware ESX Server · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTA-2007-AVI-124 — Vulnérabilités dans MacOS X · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTA-2006-AVI-516 — Vulnérabilité de GNU tar · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |