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.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tar | Gnu | 1.13.25 (including) | 1.13.25 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 | RedHat | * | |
| Red Hat Linux 6.2 | RedHat | * | |
| Red Hat Linux 7.0 | RedHat | * | |
| Red Hat Linux 7.1 | RedHat | * | |
| Red Hat Linux 7.1 | RedHat | * | |
| Red Hat Linux 7.2 | RedHat | * | |
| Red Hat Linux 7.3 | RedHat | * | |
| Tar | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | feisty | * |