| CVE-2005-1918 | Date: (C)2005-12-31 (M)2023-12-22 |
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 "/".
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 2.6 |
| Exploit Score: 4.9 |
| Impact Score: 2.9 |
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| CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Access Vector: NETWORK |
| Access Complexity: HIGH |
| Authentication: NONE |
| Confidentiality: NONE |
| Integrity: PARTIAL |
| Availability: NONE |
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