Upstream information

CVE-2005-2541 at MITRE

Description

Tar 1.15.1 does not properly warn the user when extracting setuid or setgid files, which may allow local users or remote attackers to gain privileges.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 10
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1195495 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud tar Not affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS tar Not affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun tar Not affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Azure tar Not affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 tar Not affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GCE tar Not affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GDC tar Not affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud tar Not affected
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun tar Not affected
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Azure tar Not affected
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 tar Not affected
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GCE tar Not affected
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GDC tar Not affected
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 tar Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 tar Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SLES15-EC2-CHOST-HVM-BYOS tar Not affected
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-Azure tar Not affected
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 tar Not affected
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-GCE tar Not affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun tar Not affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Azure tar Not affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 tar Not affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-GCE tar Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun tar Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure tar Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 tar Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-GCE tar Not affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud tar Not affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS tar Not affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun tar Not affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure tar Not affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 tar Not affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE tar Not affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud tar Not affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun tar Not affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure tar Not affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 tar Not affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GCE tar Not affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP2 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 tar Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 tar Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 tar Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 tar Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 tar Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 tar Not affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 tar Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 tar Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 tar Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 tar Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 tar Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 tar Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 tar Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 tar Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 tar Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 tar Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 tar Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 tar Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 tar Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 tar Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 tar Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 tar Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 tar Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 tar Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 tar Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 tar Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 tar Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 tar Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 tar Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 tar Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 tar Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 tar Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 tar Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 tar Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 tar Not affected
Container Status
bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel
bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel:15.5
bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel:15.6
bci/kiwi
bci/node:16
bci/spack
bci/spack:0.23
rancher/elemental-teal-iso/5.4
rancher/elemental-teal-rt/5.3
rancher/elemental-teal-rt/5.4
rancher/elemental-teal/5.3
rancher/elemental-teal/5.4
suse/hpc/warewulf4-x86_64/sle-hpc-node
suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server
suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/server
suse/postgres:14
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4
suse/sle-micro/5.0/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.1/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.2/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.3/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.4/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.5
suse/sle-micro/5.5/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/base-5.5
suse/sle15
suse/sle15:15.5
suse/sle15:15.6
suse/sles/15.3/cdi-importer:1.37.1
suse/sles/15.3/cdi-uploadserver:1.37.1
suse/sles/15.3/libguestfs-tools:0.45.0
suse/sles/15.4/cdi-importer:1.43.0
suse/sles/15.4/cdi-uploadserver:1.43.0
suse/sles/15.4/libguestfs-tools:0.49.0
suse/sles/15.4/virt-launcher:0.49.0
suse/sles/15.5/cdi-apiserver:1.55.0
suse/sles/15.5/cdi-cloner:1.55.0
suse/sles/15.5/cdi-controller:1.55.0
suse/sles/15.5/cdi-importer:1.55.0
suse/sles/15.5/cdi-operator:1.55.0
suse/sles/15.5/cdi-uploadproxy:1.55.0
suse/sles/15.5/cdi-uploadserver:1.55.0
suse/sles/15.5/libguestfs-tools:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.5/virt-api:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.5/virt-controller:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.5/virt-exportproxy:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.5/virt-exportserver:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.5/virt-handler:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.5/virt-launcher:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.5/virt-operator:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.6/cdi-cloner:1.58.0
suse/sles/15.6/cdi-importer:1.58.0
suse/sles/15.6/cdi-uploadserver:1.58.0
suse/sles/15.6/libguestfs-tools:1.1.1
suse/sles/15.6/virt-exportserver:1.1.1
suse/sles/15.6/virt-handler:1.1.1
suse/sles/15.6/virt-launcher:1.1.1
suse/sles/15.7/cdi-cloner:1.58.0
suse/sles/15.7/cdi-importer:1.58.0
suse/sles/15.7/cdi-uploadserver:1.58.0
suse/sles/15.7/libguestfs-tools:1.5.0
suse/sles/15.7/virt-exportserver:1.5.0
suse/sles/15.7/virt-handler:1.5.0
suse/sles/15.7/virt-launcher:1.5.0
trento/trento-runner
tarNot affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jul 24 11:14:13 2025
CVE page last modified: Mon Aug 25 19:15:18 2025