CVE-2006-6097
tarVulnerabilityPatched
No public exploitation has been reported so far. A fixed version is available (see the table below).
Recommended action: Update to the fixed version listed for your distribution using the native package manager.
Affected & fixed versions by distribution
Versions are the native distribution strings (backport-aware): RHEL/Debian/SUSE backport fixes, so compare with the distro version comparator (dpkg / rpm / vercmp), not the upstream version.
| Distribution | Package | Affected | Fixed version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | tar | - | 1.16-2 | fixed |
| Debian:12 | tar | - | 1.16-2 | fixed |
| Debian:13 | tar | - | 1.16-2 | fixed |
| Debian:14 | tar | - | 1.16-2 | fixed |
| Debian:3.1 | tar | - | 1.14-2.3 | fixed |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | tar | - | 1.34-2.2 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | tar | - | 0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | tar | - | 0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | tar | - | 0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | tar | - | 0:1.13.25-6.AS21.1 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | tar | - | 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | tar | - | 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | tar | - | 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | tar | - | 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | tar | - | 0:1.14-12.RHEL4 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | tar | - | 0:1.14-12.RHEL4 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | tar | - | 0:1.14-12.RHEL4 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | tar | - | 0:1.14-12.RHEL4 | fixed |