Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 24, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-6097
CVE-2006-6097
Description
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.
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References
43- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050812.htmlnvdExploit
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21235nvdExploit
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploit
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.ascnvd
- docs.info.apple.com/article.htmlnvd
- kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/817/2240267_f.SAL_Public.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0749.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23115nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23117nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23142nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23146nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23163nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23173nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23198nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23209nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23314nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23443nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23514nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23911nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/24479nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/24636nvd
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.ascnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-10.xmlnvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/1918nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-015.htmnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1223nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.038.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453286/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464268/100/0/threadednvd
- www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0068/nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-385-1nvd
- www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200702-patch.htmlnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4717nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5102nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1171nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-821nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10963nvd
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