CVE-2006-6097

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.

🔗 References (86)

• cve@mitreftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc
• cve@mitrehttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
• cve@mitrehttp://kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/817/2240267_f.SAL_Public.html
• cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
• cve@mitrehttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050812.html
• cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0749.html
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/23115
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/23117
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/23142
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/23146
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/23163
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/23173
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/23198
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/23209
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/23314