CVE-2002-1216
N/A
Published: October 21, 2002 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:58 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTar
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
GNU tar 1.13.19 and other versions before 1.13.25 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, as the result of a modification that effectively disabled the security check.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103419290219680&w=2VDB Entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10224.phpVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:219Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKG
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.038.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-096.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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