CVE-2006-6097

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 products

• gnu / Tar1.15.1 – 1.15.1
• gnu / Tar1.16 – 1.16

References

• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/23117
• MISChttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10963
• MISChttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-821
• MISChttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/1918
• MISChttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21235
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/23146
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050812.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/817/2240267_f.SAL_Public.html
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/23209
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5102
• MISChttp://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0068/
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/23142
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/23314
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1171
• MISChttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-015.htm
• MISChttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-10.xml
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/23198
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/23115
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200702-patch.html
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453286/100/0/threaded
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/23911
• VENDOR_ADVISORYftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-385-1
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464268/100/0/threaded
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/23173
• MISChttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0749.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.asc
• MISChttp://securitytracker.com/id?1017423
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/24636
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1223
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/23443
• MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=216937
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:219
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.038.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4717
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/23514
• MISChttp://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.469379
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/24479
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/23163