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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 24, 2006
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2006-6097
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
gnu / tar 1.16 1.16.x
gnu / tar 1.15.1 1.15.1.x