CVE-2006-0931

N/A Unknown

Published: February 28, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in PEAR::Archive_Tar 1.2, and other versions before 1.3.2, allows remote attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via certain crafted pathnames in a TAR archive.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=6933

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://pear.php.net/package/Archive_Tar/download/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/19011

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.hamid.ir/security/phptar.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.osvdb.org/23481

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425967/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16805

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0728

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=6933