CVE catalog
CVE-2005-1918
tar: CVE-2005-1918
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.93% · Oct 25, 2026
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 "/".
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | tar | sid | 1.35+dfsg-7 | fixed |
| Debian | tar | forky | 1.35+dfsg-6 | fixed |
| Debian | tar | trixie | 1.35+dfsg-3.1 | fixed |
| Debian | tar | bookworm | 1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | tar | tumbleweed | 1.34-2.2 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | tar | source | sid | 1.14-2.2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tar | source | forky | 1.14-2.2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tar | source | trixie | 1.14-2.2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tar | source | bookworm | 1.14-2.2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Opensuse | tar | rpm | tumbleweed | 1.34-2.2 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11422-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
- [tar-backup-scripts]Unknown
Source package: [tar]
Details (1)
1.35-10.1· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.34-2.2Version impact unknown
dsa · tar · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [tar-doc]Unknown
Source package: [tar]
Details (1)
1.35-10.1· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.34-2.2Version impact unknown
dsa · tar · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [tar-lang]Unknown
Source package: [tar]
Details (1)
1.35-10.1· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.34-2.2Version impact unknown
dsa · tar · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [tar-rmt]Unknown
Source package: [tar]
Details (1)
1.35-10.1· x86_64 · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.34-2.2Version impact unknown
dsa · tar · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [tar-tests]Unknown
Source package: [tar]
Details (1)
1.35-10.1· x86_64 · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.34-2.2Version impact unknown
dsa · tar · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [tar]Fixed
Source package: [tar]
Details (1)
1.35-10.1· x86_64 · tumbleweedFixed · Fixed:
1.34-2.2dsa · tar · opensuse · tumbleweed
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [tar]Fixed
Details (2)
1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.14-2.2dsa · tar · debian · bookworm; dsa · tar · debian · 12
1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.14-2.2dsa · tar · debian · bookworm; dsa · tar · debian · 12
- [tar-scripts]Fixed
Source package: [tar]
Details (2)
1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.14-2.2dsa · tar · debian · bookworm; dsa · tar · debian · 12
1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.14-2.2dsa · tar · debian · bookworm; dsa · tar · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [tar]Fixed
Details (2)
1.35+dfsg-3.1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.14-2.2dsa · tar · debian · 13
1.35+dfsg-3.1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.14-2.2dsa · tar · debian · 13
- [tar-scripts]Fixed
Source package: [tar]
Details (2)
1.35+dfsg-3.1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.14-2.2dsa · tar · debian · 13
1.35+dfsg-3.1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.14-2.2dsa · tar · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0195]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_11422-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1918]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11422-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1918]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]