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Debian: DSA-3778-1 Critical: Ruby-Archive-Tar-Minitar Directory Traversal

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Calendar Grey January 31, 2017
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The recent update DSA-3778-1 from Debian addresses a security vulnerability in ruby-archive-tar-minitar, specifically a directory traversal flaw.
Michal Marek discovered that ruby-archive-tar-minitar, a Ruby library that provides the ability to deal with POSIX tar archive files, is prone to a directory traversal vulnerabilit...
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Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.5.2-2+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ruby-archive-tar-minitar 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: ruby-archive-tar-minitar
CVE ID: CVE-2016-10173

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