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CVE-2006-6097 json

GNU tar 1.16 and 1.15.1, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a tar file that conta…

published 2006-11-24 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-6080

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.7%
EPSS 11.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

GNU tar 1.16 and 1.15.1, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a tar file that contains a GNUTYPE_NAMES record with a symbolic link, which is not properly handled by the extract_archive function in extract.c and extract_mangle function in mangle.c, a variant of CVE-2002-1216.

Patch / fix

  • tar Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.16-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6097

  • tar RHEL 2.1 1.13.25-6.AS21.1
  • tar RHEL 3 1.13.25-15.RHEL3
  • tar RHEL 4 1.14-12.RHEL4

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0749

  • tar openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.34-2.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11422-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-6097 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 tar 1.13.25-15.RHEL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 tar 1.13.25-6.AS21.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 tar 1.13.25-15.RHEL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 tar 1.14-12.RHEL4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 tar 1.14-12.RHEL4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 tar 1.13.25-6.AS21.1
    +6 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 tar 1.13.25-15.RHEL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 tar 1.14-12.RHEL4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 tar 1.13.25-6.AS21.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 tar 1.13.25-15.RHEL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 tar 1.14-12.RHEL4 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 tar 1.13.25-6.AS21.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0749

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-29160)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

11.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-29160 GNU Tar 1.1x - 'GNUTYPE_NAMES' Directory Traversal remote, 2006-11-21
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21235 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • lists.grok.org.uk http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050812.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=216937 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.