Scientific Linux: 2010-03-15 Moderate: Tar Archive Expansion Issues

Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:32:35 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: tar on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Moderate: tar security update
Issue date:	2010-03-15
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-4476 CVE-2010-0624

CVE-2007-4476 tar/cpio stack crashing in safer_name_suffix
CVE-2010-0624 tar, cpio: Heap-based buffer overflow by expanding a
specially-crafted archive

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way tar expanded
archive files. If a user were tricked into expanding a specially-crafted
archive, it could cause the tar executable to crash or execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user running tar. (CVE-2010-0624)

A denial of service flaw was found in the way tar expanded archive
files. If a user expanded a specially-crafted archive, it could cause
the tar executable to crash. (CVE-2007-4476) - SL4 and SL5 Only

SL 3.0.x

 SRPMS:
tar-1.13.25-16.RHEL3.src.rpm
 i386:
tar-1.13.25-16.RHEL3.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
tar-1.13.25-16.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
tar-1.14-13.el4_8.1.src.rpm
 i386:
tar-1.14-13.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
tar-1.14-13.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5_4.2.src.rpm
 i386:
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5_4.2.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson