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CVE-2002-0399 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) "./.."...

MediumCVSS 5.0 EPSS 3.6%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

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 products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
GNU tar = 1.13.25 No fix listed

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