GNU tar 1.13.25 path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in GNU tar 1.13.25 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with the input value /.. leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered . The weakness was published 10/10/2002 with Red Hat (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0399. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 11970 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 13967 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : tar (MDKSA-2002:066)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115035 (Red Hat Multiple Archive Tools Directory Traversal Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10224) and Tenable (13967). Similar entries are available at 16990, 16991, 16992 and 19107.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
ATT&CK: T1006

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Nessus ID: 13967
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : tar (MDKSA-2002:066)
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OpenVAS ID: 65515
OpenVAS Name: SLES9: Security update for tar
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Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Organization: Red Hat
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CVE: CVE-2002-0399 (🔍)
X-Force: 10224
Vulnerability Center: 10248 - GNU Tar <= 1.13.25 Directory Traversal Vulnerability, Low
SecurityFocus: 5834 - GNU Tar Hostile Destination Path Variant Vulnerability
Secunia: 19130
OSVDB: 9063 - RHSA-2006:0195 updates for tar not installed

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Created: 07/30/2014 13:01
Updated: 06/13/2019 17:21
Changes: 07/30/2014 13:01 (71), 06/13/2019 17:21 (7)
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