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Gentoo GLSA-200603-06 Normal Risk: GNU Tar Code Execution

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Calendar Grey March 10, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202306-09 highlights a critical memory corruption issue in the GNU tar utility that poses risks to users.
A malicious tar archive could trigger a Buffer overflow in GNU tar, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200603-06 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: GNU tar: Buffer overflow Date: March 10, 2006 Bugs: #123038 ID: 200603-06

Synopsis ======= A malicious tar archive could trigger a Buffer overflow in GNU tar, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= GNU tar is the standard GNU utility for creating and manipulating tar archives, a common format used for creating backups and distributing files on UNIX-like systems.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-arch/tar < 1.15.1-r1 >= 1.15.1-r1
========== Jim Meyering discovered a flaw in the handling of certain ...

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