Bug 1195495 – VUL-1: CVE-2005-2541: tar: does not properly warn the user when extracting setuid or setgid files

Bug 1195495 - (CVE-2005-2541) VUL-1: CVE-2005-2541: tar: does not properly warn the user when extracting setuid or setgid files

(CVE-2005-2541)
Summary:	VUL-1: CVE-2005-2541: tar: does not properly warn the user when extracting se...

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Classification:	Novell Products
Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P5 - None Severity: Critical
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URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/20278/
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Reported:	2022-02-03 10:35 UTC by Robert Frohl
Modified:	2022-02-03 10:36 UTC (History)
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Description Robert Frohl 2022-02-03 10:35:04 UTC

rh#1974387

Tar 1.15.1 does not properly warn the user when extracting setuid or setgid files, which may allow local users or remote attackers to gain privileges.

Reference:
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112327628230258&w=2

References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1974387
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2005-2541
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2541
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=112327628230258&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112327628230258&w=2
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc713534b10f9daeee2e0990239fa407e2118e4aa9e88a7041177497c@%3Cissues.guacamole.apache.org%3E

Comment 1 Robert Frohl 2022-02-03 10:36:04 UTC

we are on new version, closing