Upstream information
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the contains_dot_dot function in src/names.c in GNU tar allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //.. (slash slash dot dot) sequences in directory symlinks in a TAR archive.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | National Vulnerability Database |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.8 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SR:2007:018, published Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:00:00 +0000
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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 | tar | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | tar | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS | tar | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 | tar | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | tar | Analysis |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | tar | Unsupported |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | tar | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | tar | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | tar | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | tar | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | tar | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | tar | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | tar | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | tar | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | tar | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | tar | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | tar | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | tar | Unsupported |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | tar | Unsupported |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | tar | Unsupported |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 15:49:37 2013CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 15:26:08 2025