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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4226-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
June 12, 2018                         https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : perl
CVE ID         : CVE-2018-12015
Debian Bug     : 900834

Jakub Wilk discovered a directory traversal flaw in the Archive::Tar
module, allowing an attacker to overwrite any file writable by the
extracting user via a specially crafted tar archive.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 5.20.2-3+deb8u11.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.24.1-3+deb9u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your perl packages.

For the detailed security status of perl please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/perl

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/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org