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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200612-10
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Tar: Directory traversal vulnerability
      Date: December 11, 2006
      Bugs: #155901
        ID: 200612-10

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Synopsis
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Tar is vulnerable to directory traversal possibly allowing for the
overwriting of arbitrary files.

Background
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The Tar program provides the ability to create and manipulate tar
archives.

Affected packages
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     Package       /  Vulnerable  /                         Unaffected
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  1  app-arch/tar      < 1.16-r2                            >= 1.16-r2

Description
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Tar does not properly extract archive elements using the GNUTYPE_NAMES
record name, allowing files to be created at arbitrary locations using
symlinks. Once a symlink is extracted, files after the symlink in the
archive will be extracted to the destination of the symlink.

Impact
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An attacker could entice a user to extract a specially crafted tar
archive, possibly allowing for the overwriting of arbitrary files on
the system extracting the archive.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Tar users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/tar-1.16-r2"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2006-6097
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6097

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200612-10

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.

License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/