DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1216

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1216

    Published: 28 Oct 2002Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2002-1216

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1216

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tar

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/tar?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.13.25

    Affected versions

    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