{"action":"Upgrade tar to 1.16-2 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"1.16-2","introduced":"0"}],"component":"tar","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:14","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["1.16-2"],"id":"tcs_01M5N8PVGPE5TZ0GSXSXRMZDCH","modified_at":"2026-10-22T23:47:21.042493969Z","published_at":"2006-11-24T18:07:00Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6097","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-6097"],"severity":{"label":"unknown"},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6097#Debian:14/tar","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6097"}],"summary":"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"}