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title: "CVE-2006-6097\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-6097

Publication date 24 November 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tar | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.16-2ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.15.91-2ubuntu0.4 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.15.1-2ubuntu2.2 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6097)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6097)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-6097)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-6097)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-385-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-385-1)
+ tar vulnerability
+ 27 November 2006

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6097>