CVE-2016-6321 | GNU tar up to 1.29 Extraction Path path traversal (Nessus ID 95270 / ID 169552)
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GNU tar up to 1.29. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Extraction. The manipulation leads to path traversal (Path).
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-6321. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.
It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.