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CVE-2005-1918
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
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 "/"..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Low
- Base Score
- 2.6/10
- Exploit Score
- 4.9/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- High
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 2.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- None
- Integrity Impact
- Partial
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.13.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server_ia64 |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:ia64:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:workstation:*:*:*:*: |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:enterprise_server:*: |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:itanium:*: |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server:*:*: |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:enterprise_server:*: |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation:*:*:*:*: |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:advanced_servers:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation_ia64:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:enterprise_server_ia |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0195.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=140589
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5834
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015655
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18988
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19130
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19183
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-110.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20397
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430297/100/0/threaded