DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1216

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1216
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1216.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1216
Upstream
Published
2002-10-28T05:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:06:43Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / tar

Package

Name
tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tar?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.13.25

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / tar

Package

Name
tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tar?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.13.25

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / tar

Package

Name
tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tar?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.13.25

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / tar

Package

Name
tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tar?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.13.25

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}