| Name | CVE-2005-1918 |
| 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 "/". |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| tar (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.27.1-2+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.29b-1.1+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1.30+dfsg-6+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.34+dfsg-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.35+dfsg-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| tar | source | (unstable) | 1.14-2.2 | | | |
Notes
1.14-2.2 is ok, maybe Debian was not-affected anyway