full-disclosure - Re: GNU tar directory traversal

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Message-ID: <4565BC8F.7090404@nolog.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 16:21:51 +0100
From: virus@...og.org
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: GNU tar directory traversal

Hello,

virus@...og.org wrote:
> no. Not agreed. -C is for changing the directory *before processing the 
> remaining arguments*. So, if you don't want tar to overwrite files, you 
> have to use -w.

Siim was right, -w is a workaround. Therefore it is - in opposite to my 
former opinion - a security issue.

Sorry for the noise.

GTi

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