CVE-2002-1216

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.

Date published : 2002-10-21

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

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