CVE-2006-6097

Published: Nov 24, 2006Modified: Apr 23, 2026

4.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 4.9 / Impact: 4.9

Source: NVD

Description

GNU tar 1.16 and 1.15.1, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a tar file that contains a GNUTYPE_NAMES record with a symbolic link, which is not properly handled by the extract_archive function in extract.c and extract_mangle function in mangle.c, a variant of CVE-2002-1216.

Affected (2)

Products: Gnu: Tar

Gnu

1 product

Tar

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Tar	Version 1.15.1
Gnu Tar	Version 1.16

References (86)

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc (unsafe URL)

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/817/2240267_f.SAL_Public.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050812.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0749.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23115

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23117

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23142

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23146

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23163

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23173

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23198

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23209

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23314

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23443

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23514

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23911

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/24479

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/24636

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.asc

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-10.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1918

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017423

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.469379

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-015.htm

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1223

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:219

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.038.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453286/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464268/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21235

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0068/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-385-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200702-patch.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4717

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5102

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1171

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=216937

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-821

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10963

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc (unsafe URL)