CVE-2005-1918

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 "/".

• CWE-22

• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18988Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19130Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19183Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20397Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015655Patch
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-110.htm
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0195.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430297/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5834Patch
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=140589
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9946
• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18988Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19130Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19183Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20397Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015655Patch
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-110.htm
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0195.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430297/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5834Patch
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=140589
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9946

Published

Dec 31, 2005

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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