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CVE-2002-1216

Date: October 20, 2002

GNU tar 1.13.19 and other versions before 1.13.25 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, as the result of a modification that effectively disabled the security check.

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (7)

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:219

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103419290219680&w=2

Url: http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10224.php

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1216

Url: http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.038.html

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-096.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2002-1216

Severity Score

5.3

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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