| 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) | wheezy | 1.26+dfsg-0.1 | vulnerable |
| wheezy (security) | 1.26+dfsg-0.1+deb7u1 | vulnerable |
| jessie (security), jessie | 1.27.1-2+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 1.29b-1.1 | vulnerable |
| buster, sid | 1.29b-2 | 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 |
Notes
This is intended behaviour, after all tar is an archiving tool and you
need to give -p as a command line flag