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>> GNU Tar "GNUTYPE_NAMES" Record Handling Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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Title : GNU Tar "GNUTYPE_NAMES" Record Handling Directory Traversal Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4717
CVE ID : CVE-2006-6097
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-11-27
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A vulnerability has been identified in GNU Tar, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct directory traversal attacks. This flaw is due to errors in the "extract_archive()" and "extract_mangle()" functions when processing a "GNUTYPE_NAMES" record with a symbolic link, which could be exploited by attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by tricking a user into extracting a specially crafted archive.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Teemu Salmela
ChangeLog
2006-11-27 : Initial release
2006-12-09 : Updated Solution
Vulnerability Management
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