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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: RHSA-2006:0232-01 Moderate: Tar Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey March 1, 2006
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Fedora issues a critical patch for zip tackling a vulnerability related to input validation. Immediate action advised.
An updated tar package that fixes a buffer overflow bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

181772 - CVE-2006-0300 GNU tar heap overlfow bug


6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS: 20edf00d3f726e8ef40182a1cc74c309 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.src.rpm

i386: 8e6c7bf72e4f4d48e066406614396a08 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.i386.rpm

ia64: 3bce09ef8d5829c5c41ec04f1a79036b tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.ia64.rpm

ppc: 03483011461ab5395c04ca55eb42e6c0 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.ppc.rpm

s390: d33b7ade56bff4f8d936481f9835cd4b tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.s390.rpm

s390x: d5e85f0e8daf289e5b75a0558741fdca tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.s390x.rpm

x86_64: 2002e57270db78163e556c0321b8e190 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS: 20edf00d3f726e8ef40182a1cc74c309 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.src.rpm

i386: 8e6c7bf72e4f4d48e066406614396a08 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.i386.rpm

x86_64: 2002e57270db78163e556c0321b8e190 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS: 20edf00d3f726e8ef40182a1cc74c309 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.src.rpm

i386: 8e6c7bf72e4f4d48e066406614396a08 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.i386.rpm

ia64: 3bce09ef8d5829c5c41ec04f1a79036b tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.ia64.rpm

x86_64: 2002e57270db78163e556c0321b8e190 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS: 20edf00d3f726e8ef40182a1cc74c309 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.src.rpm

i386: 8e6c7bf72e4f4d48e066406614396a08 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.i386.rpm

ia64: 3bce09ef8d5829c5c41ec04f1a79036b tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.ia64.rpm

x86_64: 2002e57270db78163e556c0321b8e190 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

Summary

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux tar Moderate severity exploit risk

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0300

Package List


Advisory ID: RHSA-2006:0232-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0232.html
Issue date: 2006-03-01
Updated on: 2006-03-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux tar Moderate severity exploit risk

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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