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 slas…
EPSS: 0.036 (87.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Gnu Tar — versions 1.13.25
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUNALERT)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_ENGARDE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CONECTIVA)
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.