| Name | CVE-2005-2541 |
| Description | Tar 1.15.1 does not properly warn the user when extracting setuid or setgid files, which may allow local users or remote attackers to gain privileges. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 328228 |
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 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.29b-1.1+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1.30+dfsg-6+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.34+dfsg-1+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 1.35+dfsg-3 | vulnerable |
| sid | 1.35+dfsg-3.1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| tar | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | 328228 |
Notes
This is intended behaviour, after all tar is an archiving tool and you
need to give -p as a command line flag