tar directory traversal vulnerability

Directory traversal vulnerability in the containsdotdot function in src/names.c in GNU tar allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //.. slash slash dot dot sequences in directory symlinks in a TAR archive...

CVE-2003-0334

BitchX IRC client 1.0c20cvs and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service core dump via certain channel mode changes that are not properly handled in names.c...