Date:         Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:10:04 -0500
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA for tar on SL5.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov

Synopsis:	Moderate: tar security update
Issue date:	2007-08-23
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-4131

A path traversal flaw was discovered in the way GNU tar extracted archives.
A malicious user could create a tar archive that could write to arbitrary
files to which the user running GNU tar had write access. (CVE-2007-4131)

SL 4.x

   SRPMS:
	tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm
   i386:
	tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm
   x86_64:
	tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

   SRPMS:
	tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.src.rpm
   i386:
	tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.i386.rpm
   x86_64:
	tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

SciLinux: CVE-2007-4131 tar SL5.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64

Moderate: tar security update

Summary

Date:         Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:10:04 -0500Reply-To:     Troy Dawson Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux              From:         Troy Dawson Subject:      Security ERRATA for tar on SL5.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64Comments: To: scientific-linux-errata@fnal.govSynopsis:	Moderate: tar security updateIssue date:	2007-08-23CVE Names:	CVE-2007-4131A path traversal flaw was discovered in the way GNU tar extracted archives.A malicious user could create a tar archive that could write to arbitraryfiles to which the user running GNU tar had write access. (CVE-2007-4131)SL 4.x   SRPMS:	tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm   i386:	tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm   x86_64:	tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpmSL 5.x   SRPMS:	tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.src.rpm   i386:	tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.i386.rpm   x86_64:	tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm-Connie Sieh-Troy Dawson



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