CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-1216

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2002-10-28 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-10-28
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

GNU tar 1.13.19 and other versions before 1.13.25 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, as the result of a modification that effectively disabled the security check.

Affected configurations

• gnu tar (<= 1.13.25) • gnu tar 1.13.19

References