CVE-2005-1918

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 "/".

Date published : 2006-02-21

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5834

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-110.htm