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part: a version: 1.27 update: *

VendorGnu (575dd98a-a14a-5d9e-a2eb-97d38d86fcb9)
ProductTar (d1d14819-0b0a-5f64-94cf-3783967b2df6)
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NotesImported from NVD CPE 2.0 feed

PURL mappings

PURLSourceLast updated
pkg:deb/debian/tar purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:11:53.235411
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tar purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:11:53.235412
pkg:github/distrotech/tar purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:11:53.235414
pkg:gitlab/redhat/tar purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:11:53.235415
pkg:gnu/tar purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:11:53.235417
pkg:rpm/centos/tar purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:11:53.235418
pkg:rpm/fedora/tar purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:11:53.235420
pkg:rpm/opensuse/tar purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:11:53.235421

Vulnerability references

IdentifiercpeApplicabilitySubmitteddb.gcve.eu detailsRationale
CVE:CVE-2016-6321 vulnerable 2026-06-08 05:07:59.612872 Details available
Directory traversal vulnerability in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and write to arbitrary files via vectors related to improper sanitization of the file_name parameter, aka POINTYFEATHER.
Published: 2016-12-09T22:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2025-08-06T21:12:29.246Z
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Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data

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