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CVE-2002-0399

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar 1.13.19 through 1.13.25, and possibly later versions, allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a (1) "/.." or (2) "./.." string, which removes the leading slash but leaves the "..", a variant of CVE-2001-1267.

  • Published: Oct 10, 2002
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2002-0399
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
gnu / tar 1.13.25 1.13.25.x