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Red Hat: RHSA-2019-2097-01 moderate: perl-Archive-Tar directory traversal

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Calendar Grey August 6, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Hash: SHA256 Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: perl-Archive-Tar security update Advisory
An update for perl-Archive-Tar is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The Archive::Tar module provides a mechanism for Perl scripts to manipulate tar archive files.
Security Fix(es):
* perl: Directory traversal in Archive::Tar (CVE-2018-12015)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update directory traversal Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity perl-Archive-Tar

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12015 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html-single/7.7_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: perl-Archive-Tar-1.92-3.el7.src.rpm
noarch: perl-Archive-Tar-1.92-3.el7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: perl-Archive-Tar-1.92-3.el7.src.rpm
noarch: perl-Archive-Tar-1.92-3.el7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: perl-Archive-Tar-1.92-3.el7.src.rpm
noarch: perl-Archive-Tar-1.92-3.el7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: perl-Archive-Tar-1.92-3.el7.src.rpm
noarch: perl-Archive-Tar-1.92-3.el7.noarch.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/


Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2097-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2097
Issue date: 2019-08-06

Topic

An update for perl-Archive-Tar is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update directory traversal Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity perl-Archive-Tar

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1588760 - CVE-2018-12015 perl: Directory traversal in Archive::Tar

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