CVE-2001-1267 Information

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar 1.13.19 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a tar file whose filenames contain a .. (dot dot).

Reference

ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.13.25.tar.gz http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000538 http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4514 http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/196445 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-47800-1 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10224.php http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:066 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-096.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-138.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-218.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3024