cve/2005/CVE-2005-1918.md

### [CVE-2005-1918](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1918)
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### Description

The original patch for a GNU tar directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2002-0399) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 2.1 uses an "incorrect optimization" that allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted tar file, probably involving "/../" sequences with a leading "/".

### POC

#### Reference
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9946

#### Github
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