2.6 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
43.4%
The original patch for a GNU tar directory traversal vulnerability
(CVE-2002-0399) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 2.1 uses an “incorrect
optimization” that allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary
files via a crafted tar file, probably involving “/…/” sequences with a
leading “/”.