CVE-2005-1918

Description

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 /.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.5

MODERATE

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

2.059

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in GNU Tar 1.13.25	Windows

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234