Name | CVE-2005-2541 |
Description | Tar 1.15.1 does not properly warn the user when extracting setuid or setgid files, which may allow local users or remote attackers to gain privileges. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Debian Bugs | 328228 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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tar (PTS) | buster | 1.30+dfsg-6 | vulnerable |
| bookworm, bullseye | 1.34+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| sid | 1.34+dfsg-1.1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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tar | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | 328228 |
Notes
This is intended behaviour, after all tar is an archiving tool and you
need to give -p as a command line flag