Debian DSA-3702-1 Moderate: TAR Path Bypass Risk Mitigation
debian
November 1, 2016
Harry Sintonen discovered that GNU tar does not properly handle member names containing '..', thus allowing an attacker to bypass the path names specified on the command line and r...
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Summary
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.27.1-2+deb8u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.29b-1.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your tar packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: tar
CVE ID: CVE-2016-6321
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