MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Nov 24, 2006
4.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 11.01%
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
tar-0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0749
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
tar-0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0749
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
tar-0:1.14-12.RHEL4
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0749
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | tar-0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0749 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | tar-0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0749 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | tar-0:1.14-12.RHEL4 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0749 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
11.01% 0.11011
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.11011
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (22 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 11.01% (0.11011) | 95.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.75% (0.10750) | 95.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 24, 2025 | 10.44% (0.10442) | 92.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 9, 2025 | 5.64% (0.05640) | 89.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 1, 2025 | 7.07% (0.07072) | 90.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.24% (0.09236) | 91.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 13.22% (0.13222) | 90.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 9.24% (0.09236) | 92.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.49% (0.02492) | 89.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.01% (0.01014) | 84.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 5, 2024 | 1.43% (0.01433) | 86.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 18, 2024 | 1.02% (0.01017) | 83.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 13, 2023 | 1.52% (0.01518) | 85.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 28, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01279) | 84.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 21, 2023 | 1.09% (0.01090) | 82.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 14, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01027) | 81.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 28, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00888) | 80.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 21, 2023 | 0.74% (0.00745) | 78.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.82% (0.00818) | 79.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 15.27% (0.15272) | 95.95th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 15.27% (0.15272) | 95.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 15.27% (0.15272) | 91.38th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (47)
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Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 24, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 24, 2006
Link CVE-2006-6097
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a