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DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6097
DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6097
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH
GNU tar 1.16 and 1.15.1, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a tar file that contains a GNUTYPE_NAMES record with a symbolic link, which is not properly handled by the extract_archive function in extract.c and extract_mangle function in mangle.c, a variant of CVE-2002-1216.
Risk Scores
CVSS 4.0
8.699999809265137
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:14 | tar | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | tar | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:12 | tar | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:13 | tar | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Nov 24, 2006 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated