GNU Tar 1.15.1 Remote Code Execution

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as very critical has been reported in GNU Tar 1.15.1. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2541. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNU Tar 1.15.1. It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Tar 1.15.1 does not properly warn the user when extracting setuid or setgid files, which may allow local users or remote attackers to gain privileges.

The weakness was released 08/10/2005 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2541 since 08/10/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/04/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 217022 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2005-2541), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (217022). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 217022
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2005-2541

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/10/2005 🔍
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03/11/2015 +3500 days 🔍
03/04/2025 +3646 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2541 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2541
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25981

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 03/04/2025 05:05
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (38), 07/10/2018 09:02 (6), 03/04/2025 05:05 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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