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TI-2002-00384 Aliases CVE-2002-0399GHSA-c6fq-h555-8326

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar 1.13.19 through 1.13.25, and possibly later…

Priority LOW 29Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar 1.13.19 through 1.13.25, and possibly later versions, allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a (1) "/.." or (2) "./.." string, which removes the leading slash but leaves the "..", a variant of CVE-2001-1267.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03589 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 3 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.13.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.13.25VulnerableGNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.13.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.13.25 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2003:218 Released 2003-07-01 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    : : : Updated unzip and tar packages that fix vulnerabilities are now available
    • Red Hat Linux 7.1
  • RHSA-2002:138 Released 2002-10-02 · Red Hat rating Low
    unzip security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • RHSA-2002:096 Released 2002-09-29 · Red Hat rating Low
    : : : Updated unzip and tar packages fix vulnerabilities
    • Red Hat Linux 6.2
    • Red Hat Linux 7.0
    • Red Hat Linux 7.1
    • Red Hat Linux 7.2
    • Red Hat Linux 7.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 Fixed RHSA-2002:138
Red Hat Linux 6.2Fixed RHSA-2002:096
Red Hat Linux 7.0Fixed RHSA-2002:096
Red Hat Linux 7.1Fixed RHSA-2002:096
Red Hat Linux 7.2Fixed RHSA-2002:096
Red Hat Linux 7.3Fixed RHSA-2002:096

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0399
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c6fq-h555-8326

References

Advisory 9

Other 2

  • TI-2019-07294 pax_decode_header in sparse.c in GNU Tar before 1.32 had a NULL pointer dereference when… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-05412 Directory traversal vulnerability in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar 1.14… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-23920 GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2025-28801 Path traversal in GNU Tar CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.1
  • TI-2005-02406 Tar 1.15.1 does not properly warn the user when extracting setuid or setgid files, which… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2007-04334 Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
See all 19 →

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