CVE-2005-1918
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-02-21 19:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-06-08
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a3186055f12ad2002a3584f84bb2cf3143dffd1d4ffe1c25abeda78f172ef662
05 Affected products
06 References
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9946https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9946
- www.securityfocus.com5834http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5834
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2006:005http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html
- securitytracker.com1015655http://securitytracker.com/id?1015655
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-110.htm
- secunia.com18988http://secunia.com/advisories/18988
- secunia.com19130http://secunia.com/advisories/19130
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2006:0195http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0195.html
- secunia.com20397http://secunia.com/advisories/20397
- www.securityfocus.comFLSA:183571-1http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430297/100/0/threaded
- patches.sgi.com20060301-01-Uftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=140589
- secunia.com19183http://secunia.com/advisories/19183
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- tar Fixed in 1.14-2.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tar Fixed in 1.14-2.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tar Fixed in 1.14-2.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.