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Unscored RHSA-2006:0749 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: tar security update

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::as tar 0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::aw tar 0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::es tar 0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::ws tar 0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::as tar 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::as tar-debuginfo 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::desktop tar 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::desktop tar-debuginfo 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::es tar 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::es tar-debuginfo 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::ws tar 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::ws tar-debuginfo 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as tar 0:1.14-12.RHEL4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as tar-debuginfo 0:1.14-12.RHEL4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop tar 0:1.14-12.RHEL4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop tar-debuginfo 0:1.14-12.RHEL4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es tar 0:1.14-12.RHEL4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es tar-debuginfo 0:1.14-12.RHEL4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws tar 0:1.14-12.RHEL4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws tar-debuginfo 0:1.14-12.RHEL4

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2006-6097 Public exploit EPSS 12%

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

    tar Debian

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=216937
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2006/rhsa-2006_0749.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6097
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618237
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6097
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6097