SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2016:2895-1)
🗓️ 09 Jun 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 84 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Bulletin: IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) is affected by tar vulnerabilities (CVE-2010-0624 CVE-2016-6321) | 18 Jun 201801:35 | – | ibm | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 8 package tar version 1.29.0.19.d061-alt1 | 28 Mar 201700:00 | – | altlinux | |
| CVE-2016-6321 | 9 Dec 201622:00 | – | alpinelinux | |
| [ASA-201611-11] tar: arbitrary file overwrite | 3 Nov 201600:00 | – | archlinux | |
| The vulnerability of the safer_name_suffix function in the GNU Tar archive manager allows a hacker to bypass the intended security measures and write data to arbitrary files. | 29 Oct 201900:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| USN-3132-1: tar vulnerability | Cloud Foundry | 14 Dec 201600:00 | – | cloudfoundry | |
| CVE-2016-6321 | 26 Oct 201623:42 | – | circl | |
| GNU Tar Security Bypass Vulnerability | 4 Nov 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2016-6321 | 9 Dec 201622:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-6321 | 9 Dec 201622:00 | – | cvelist |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2016.2895.1");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-6321");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-06-09 14:58:03 +0000 (Wed, 09 Jun 2021)");
script_version("2025-08-15T15:42:25+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-15 15:42:25 +0000 (Fri, 15 Aug 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-12-14 16:58:46 +0000 (Wed, 14 Dec 2016)");
script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2016:2895-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse_sles", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=(SLES11\.0SP4)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"SUSE-SU-2016:2895-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162895-1.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1007188");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2016-November/002416.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'tar' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2016:2895-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This update for tar fixes the following issues:
- Fix the POINTYFEATHER vulnerability - GNU tar archiver can be tricked
into extracting files and directories in the given destination, regardless
of the path name(s) specified on the command line [bsc#1007188]
[CVE-2016-6321]");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'tar' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11-SP4.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "SLES11.0SP4") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tar", rpm:"tar~1.26~1.2.10.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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