Vulnerability in GNU Tar
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) "./.." string, which removes the leading slash but leaves the "..", a variant of CVE-2001-1267.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.036 (89.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.036 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Tar — versions 1.13.25
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26673 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-096.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/5834 (vdb-entry)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-2400.html (vendor-advisory)
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1631
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/ (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2002-0399?
- CVE-2002-0399 is a vulnerability in GNU Tar. Published 2002-10-10.
- Is CVE-2002-0399 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.