GENTOO Tar - Directory traversal vulnerability

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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Tar: Directory traversal vulnerability
Date: December 11, 2006
Bugs: #155901
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Synopsis

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

Background

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

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

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

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Tar users should upgrade to the latest version:

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

References

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

Availability

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-10.xml

Concerns?

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
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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

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