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CVE-2002-0399

Published: Oct 10, 2002 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0399
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
TarGnu1.13.25 (including)1.13.25 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 6.2RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.0RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.1RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.1RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.2RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.3RedHat*
TarUbuntudapper*
TarUbuntudevel*
TarUbuntuedgy*
TarUbuntufeisty*

References

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