CVE catalog

CVE-2006-6097

tar: CVE-2006-6097

Severity: Critical
Published: Nov 24, 2006, 6:07:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 11.69% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

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

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	tar	source	sid	`1.16-2`	high	Not reported	[399845]
Debian	tar	source	forky	`1.16-2`	high	Not reported	[399845]
Debian	tar	source	trixie	`1.16-2`	high	Not reported	[399845]
Debian	tar	source	bookworm	`1.16-2`	high	Not reported	[399845]

[Debian bug #399845]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[tar]Fixed
Details (2)
- 1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.16-2
  dsa · tar · debian · bookworm; dsa · tar · debian · 12
- 1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.16-2
  dsa · tar · debian · bookworm; dsa · tar · debian · 12
[tar-scripts]Fixed
Source package: [tar]
Details (2)
- 1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.16-2
  dsa · tar · debian · bookworm; dsa · tar · debian · 12
- 1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.16-2
  dsa · tar · debian · bookworm; dsa · tar · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[tar]Fixed
Details (2)
- 1.35+dfsg-3.1 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.16-2
  dsa · tar · debian · 13
- 1.35+dfsg-3.1 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.16-2
  dsa · tar · debian · 13
[tar-scripts]Fixed
Source package: [tar]
Details (2)
- 1.35+dfsg-3.1 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.16-2
  dsa · tar · debian · 13
- 1.35+dfsg-3.1 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.16-2
  dsa · tar · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:03:21 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]