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TI-2006-05865 Aliases CVE-2006-6097GHSA-f4p7-cvff-gr4c

GNU tar 1.16 and 1.15.1, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to…

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Key facts

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

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

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.11691 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

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 · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.15.1VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.16VulnerableGNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.15.1 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.16 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2006:0749 Released 2006-12-19 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    tar security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 tar-1.13.25-15.RHEL3, tar-1.13.25-15.RHEL3.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 tar-1.13.25-6.AS21.1, tar-1.13.25-6.AS21.1.i386, tar-1.13.25-6.AS21.1.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 tar-1.13.25-15.RHEL3, tar-1.13.25-15.RHEL3.i386, tar-1.13.25-15.RHEL3.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 tar-1.14-12.RHEL4, tar-1.14-12.RHEL4.i386, tar-1.14-12.RHEL4.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 tar-1.14-12.RHEL4, tar-1.14-12.RHEL4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 tar-1.13.25-6.AS21.1, tar-1.13.25-6.AS21.1.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 tar-1.13.25-15.RHEL3, tar-1.13.25-15.RHEL3.i386, tar-1.13.25-15.RHEL3.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 tar-1.14-12.RHEL4, tar-1.14-12.RHEL4.i386, tar-1.14-12.RHEL4.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 tar-1.13.25-6.AS21.1, tar-1.13.25-6.AS21.1.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 tar-1.13.25-15.RHEL3, tar-1.13.25-15.RHEL3.i386, tar-1.13.25-15.RHEL3.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 tar-1.14-12.RHEL4, tar-1.14-12.RHEL4.i386, tar-1.14-12.RHEL4.ia64
    • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 tar-1.13.25-6.AS21.1, tar-1.13.25-6.AS21.1.ia64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2006:0749
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 Fixed RHSA-2006:0749
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2006:0749
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0749
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0749
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1Fixed RHSA-2006:0749
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2006:0749
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0749
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1Fixed RHSA-2006:0749
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2006:0749
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0749
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1Fixed RHSA-2006:0749

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-6097
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f4p7-cvff-gr4c

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 12

Other 10

  • 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
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Sources

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