Upstream information
Description
GNU Tar through 1.35 allows file overwrite via directory traversal in crafted TAR archives, with a certain two-step process. First, the victim must extract an archive that contains a ../ symlink to a critical directory. Second, the victim must extract an archive that contains a critical file, specified via a relative pathname that begins with the symlink name and ends with that critical file's name. Here, the extraction follows the symlink and overwrites the critical file. This bypasses the protection mechanism of "Member name contains '..'" that would occur for a single TAR archive that attempted to specify the critical file via a ../ approach. For example, the first archive can contain "x -> ../../../../../home/victim/.ssh" and the second archive can contain x/authorized_keys. This can affect server applications that automatically extract any number of user-supplied TAR archives, and were relying on the blocking of traversal. This can also affect software installation processes in which "tar xf" is run more than once (e.g., when installing a package can automatically install two dependencies that are set up as untrusted tarballs instead of official packages). NOTE: the official GNU Tar manual has an otherwise-empty directory for each "tar xf" in its Security Rules of Thumb; however, third-party advice leads users to run "tar xf" more than once into the same directory.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Pending
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| CNA (MITRE) | SUSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.1 | 7.8 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local |
| Attack Complexity | High | Low |
| Privileges Required | None | None |
| User Interaction | Required | Required |
| Scope | Changed | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | None | High |
| Integrity Impact | Low | High |
| Availability Impact | Low | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| SUSE | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 8.5 |
| Vector | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Attack Requirements | None |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Passive |
| Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Vulnerable System Integrity Impact | High |
| Vulnerable System Availability Impact | High |
| Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Integrity Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Availability Impact | None |
| CVSSv4 Version | 4.0 |
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 | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 | tar | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | tar | Affected |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SLES15-EC2-CHOST-HVM-BYOS | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | tar | Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 | tar | Affected |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | tar | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | tar | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | tar | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | tar | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | tar | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 | tar | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 | tar | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 | tar | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 | tar | Affected |
| Container Status | ||
| bci/bci-base:16.0 bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel:15.5 bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel:15.6 bci/bci-sle16-kernel-module-devel:16.0 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 | tar | Affected |
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CVE page created: Fri Jul 11 20:01:28 2025CVE page last modified: Sat Sep 6 23:11:02 2025