VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-1918

CVSS score2.6 LOW

EPSS probability3.59%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2005-12-31

Last modified2026-06-16

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 "/".