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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…
Low2.6EPSS 2.9%
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- Updated
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- redhat
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 overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted tar file, probably involving "/../" sequences with a leading "/".
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (12)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9946 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 5834 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1015655 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-110.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 18988 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19130 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0195 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FLSA:183571-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=140589 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 19183 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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