CVE-2005-1918

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The original patch for a GNU tar directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2002-0399) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 2.1 uses an "incorrect optimization" that allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted tar file, probably involving "/../" sequences with a leading "/".

Affected products

GNU Tar: 1.13.25
Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 2.1, 3.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 3.0
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation: 2.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/18988
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130
http://secunia.com/advisories/19183
http://secunia.com/advisories/20397
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015655
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-110.htm
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0195.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430297/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5834
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=140589

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