CVE-2005-1918

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    CVE-2005-1918

    Published: 31 Dec 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The original patch for a GNU tar directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2002-0399) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 2.1 uses an "incorrect optimization" that allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted tar file, probably involving "/../" sequences with a leading "/".

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc, http://secunia.com/advisories/18988, http://secunia.com/advisories/19130, http://secunia.com/advisories/19183, http://secunia.com/advisories/20397, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0195.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/18988, http://secunia.com/advisories/19183, http://securitytracker.com/id?1015655, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0195.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5834, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=140589, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-110.htm, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430297/100/0/threaded, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9946

    Affected packages

    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