CVE-2005-2541

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 code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	high (attack range: remote)
Debian Bugs	328228

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
tar (PTS)	jessie (security), jessie	1.27.1-2+deb8u1	vulnerable
	stretch	1.29b-1.1	vulnerable
	buster, sid	1.30+dfsg-3	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
tar	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant		328228

This is intended behaviour, after all tar is an archiving tool and you
need to give -p as a command line flag