CVE-1999-1517 - Tapelike Writers
Description
runtar in the Amanda backup system used in various UNIX operating systems executes tar with root privileges which allows a user to overwrite or read arbitrary files by providing the target files to runtar.
Reference
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/750 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94148942818975&w=2