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    CVE-2006-6097

    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.

    Published:Nov 21, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 24, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.10442
    CVSS Score:4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Tar
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050812.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21235https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=216937http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050812.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21235https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=216937https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29160

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    References

    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
    http://kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/817/2240267_f.SAL_Public.html
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
    http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050812.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0749.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23115
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23117
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23142
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23146
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23163
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23173
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23198
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23209
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23314
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23443
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23514
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23911
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24636
    http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.asc
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-10.xml
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1918
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017423
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.469379
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-015.htm
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1223
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:219
    http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.038.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453286/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464268/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21235
    http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0068/
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-385-1
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200702-patch.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4717
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5102
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1171
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=216937
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-821
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10963
    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
    http://kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/817/2240267_f.SAL_Public.html
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
    http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050812.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0749.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23115
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23117
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23142
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23146
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23163
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23173
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23198
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23209
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23314
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23443
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23514
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23911
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24636
    http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.asc
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-10.xml
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1918
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017423
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.469379
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-015.htm
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1223
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:219
    http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.038.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453286/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464268/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21235
    http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0068/
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-385-1
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
    http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200702-patch.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4717
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5102
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1171
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=216937
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-821
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10963

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High