Upstream information
Description
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
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Base Score | 4 |
Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | High |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | None |
Integrity Impact | Partial |
Availability Impact | Partial |
List of released packages
Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 |
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 |
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 |
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