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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T22:06:57.773Z
Reserved: 2005-06-08T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2005-1918

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2005-1918
