CVE-2006-6097 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 4.0 Published 24 Nov 2006 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Attackers can overwrite arbitrary files by tricking users into extracting a malicious tar archive containing symbolic links.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2006-6097?

CVE-2006-6097 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Nov 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

GNU tar 1.16 and 1.15.1, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a tar file that contains a GNUTYPE_NAMES record with a symbolic link, which is not properly handled by the extract_archive function in extract.c and extract_mangle function in mangle.c, a variant of CVE-2002-1216.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6097?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (20)

`tar` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as	All versions	`0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1`
`tar` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw	All versions	`0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1`
`tar` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es	All versions	`0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1`
`tar` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws	All versions	`0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1`
`tar` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	All versions	`0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3`
`tar-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	All versions	`0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3`
`tar` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	All versions	`0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3`
`tar-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	All versions	`0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3`
`tar` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	All versions	`0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3`
`tar-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	All versions	`0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3`
`tar` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	All versions	`0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3`
`tar-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	All versions	`0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3`
`tar` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	All versions	`0:1.14-12.RHEL4`
`tar-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	All versions	`0:1.14-12.RHEL4`
`tar` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	All versions	`0:1.14-12.RHEL4`
`tar-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	All versions	`0:1.14-12.RHEL4`
`tar` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	All versions	`0:1.14-12.RHEL4`
`tar-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	All versions	`0:1.14-12.RHEL4`
`tar` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	All versions	`0:1.14-12.RHEL4`
`tar-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	All versions	`0:1.14-12.RHEL4`

Products include Gnu Tar.

How do I fix CVE-2006-6097?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2006-6097 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-6097 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6097, DSA-1223-1, GHSA-f4p7-cvff-gr4c, RHSA-2006:0749.