perl security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2010:0505

The Archive::Tar module provides a mechanism for Perl scripts to manipulate
tar archive files.

Multiple directory traversal flaws were discovered in the Archive::Tar
module. A specially-crafted tar file could cause a Perl script, using the
Archive::Tar module to extract the archive, to overwrite an arbitrary file
writable by the user running the script. (CVE-2007-4829)

This package upgrades the Archive::Tar module to version 1.39_01. Refer to
the Archive::Tar module’s changes file, linked to in the References, for a
full list of changes.

Users of perl-Archive-Tar are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which corrects these issues. All applications using the Archive::Tar module
must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2010-July/078911.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2010-July/078912.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2010-July/078975.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2010-July/078976.html

Affected packages:
perl-Archive-Tar

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0505