CVE-2005-1918

Description

The original patch for a GNU tar directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2002-0399) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 2.1 uses an "incorrect optimization" that allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted tar file, probably involving "/../" sequences with a leading "/".

Category

2.6
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.99% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9946 signature vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5834 patch vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015655 patch vdb entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-110.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/18988 patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0195.html patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20397 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430297/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=140589
http://secunia.com/advisories/19183 patch vendor advisory third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-1918?
CVE-2005-1918 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-1918?
To fix CVE-2005-1918, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-1918 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2005-1918 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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