CVE-2006-6097
N/A
Published: November 24, 2006 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:32 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTar
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 12%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0749.html
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.asc
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-10.xml
References (43)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGI
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.ascx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/817/2240267_f.SAL_Public.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050812.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0749.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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