CVE-2002-1216 Information

Description

GNU tar 1.13.19 and other versions before 1.13.25 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack as the result of a modification that effectively disabled the security check.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103419290219680&w=2 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10224.php http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:219 http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.038.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-096.html