GNU tar 1.13.19 and other versions before 1.13.25 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, as the result of a modification that effectively disabled the security check.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-1200 GNU tar 1.13.19 and other versions before 1.13.25 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, as the result of a modification that effectively disabled the security check.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:19:28.478Z

Reserved: 2002-10-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-1216

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-10-28T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-1216

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2002-09-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2002-1216 - Bugzilla

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