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CVE-2002-1216

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-10-28 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• GNU Tar: through 1.13.25; 1.13.19

References

• 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
• 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

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