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CVE-2006-60971 exploit

GNU tar 1.16 and 1.15.1, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a tar file that conta…

Published 19 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
11.7%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

GNU tar 1.16 and 1.15.1, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a tar file that contains a GNUTYPE_NAMES record with a symbolic link, which is not properly handled by the extract_archive function in extract.c and extract_mangle function in mangle.c, a variant of CVE-2002-1216.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

11.69% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-29160 GNU Tar 1.1x - 'GNUTYPE_NAMES' Directory Traversal · remote · 2006-11-21

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.04.0AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

References

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  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10963 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
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  • securityfocus.com /bid/21235 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
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  • docs.info.apple.com /article.html?artnum=305214 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2006/5102 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • trustix.org /errata/2006/0068/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_TRUSTIX, x_transferred
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  • secunia.com /advisories/23314 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2007/1171 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
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  • secunia.com /advisories/23115 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
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  • ubuntu.com /usn/usn-385-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/464268/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/23173 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2006-0749.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • security.freebsd.org /advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.asc · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FREEBSD, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id?1017423 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/24636 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2006/dsa-1223 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2007/0930 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/23443 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=216937 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • mandriva.com /security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:219 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, x_transferred
  • openpkg.com /security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.038.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_OPENPKG, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2006/4717 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/23514 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • slackware.com /security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.469379 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SLACKWARE, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/23163
  • secunia.com /advisories/24479

Sources

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