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CVE-2006-6097

GNU tar 1.16 and 1.15.1, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite...

4.0 MediumPublic exploitFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

11.7%Down 3.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.0

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.

Record
CVE-2006-6097
CVSS 2.0
4.0 MediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2006-6097
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-6080 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2006-6080
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f4p7-cvff-gr4c No score

GNU tar 1.16 and 1.15.1, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite...

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.

Record
GHSA-f4p7-cvff-gr4c
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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.

Record
CVE-2006-6097
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2006-6097 No score

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6097
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11422-1 No score

tar-1.34-2.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the tar-1.34-2.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11422-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
tar
Debian:12
 before 1.16-2
1.16-2
tar
Debian:13
 before 1.16-2
1.16-2
tar
Debian:14
 before 1.16-2
1.16-2
tar
Debian:3.1
 before 1.14-2.3, plus listed versions
1.14-21.14-2.11.14-2.2
1.14-2.3
tar
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as
 before 0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1
0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1
tar
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw
 before 0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1
0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1
tar
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es
 before 0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1
0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1
tar
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws
 before 0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1
0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1
tar
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
 before 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
tar-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
 before 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
tar
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
 before 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
tar-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
 before 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
tar
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
 before 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
tar-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
 before 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
tar
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
 before 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
tar-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
 before 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
tar
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.14-12.RHEL4
0:1.14-12.RHEL4
tar-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.14-12.RHEL4
0:1.14-12.RHEL4
tar
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.14-12.RHEL4
0:1.14-12.RHEL4
tar-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.14-12.RHEL4
0:1.14-12.RHEL4
tar
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.14-12.RHEL4
0:1.14-12.RHEL4
tar-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.14-12.RHEL4
0:1.14-12.RHEL4
tar
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.14-12.RHEL4
0:1.14-12.RHEL4
tar-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.14-12.RHEL4
0:1.14-12.RHEL4
tar
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 1.34-2.2
1.34-2.2

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBGNU Tar 1.1x - 'GNUTYPE_NAMES' Directory Traversal2006-11-21

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2006-6097 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) in Gnu Tar, published November 24, 2006. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.7%, the 96th percentile. Fixed in tar 1.16-2.

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