Debian Security Advisory DSA 3702-1 (tar - security update)

# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_3702.nasl 6608 2017-07-07 12:05:05Z cfischer $
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 3702-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
#
# Author:
# Greenbone Networks
#
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if(description)
{
    script_id(703702);
    script_version("$Revision: 6608 $");
    script_cve_id("CVE-2016-6321");
    script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 3702-1 (tar - security update)");
    script_tag(name: "last_modification", value: "$Date: 2017-07-07 14:05:05 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
    script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-11-08 15:52:38 +0530 (Tue, 08 Nov 2016)");
    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: "solution_type", value: "VendorFix");
    script_tag(name: "qod_type", value: "package");

    script_xref(name: "URL", value: "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3702.html");


    script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

    script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
    script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
    script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
    script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
    script_tag(name: "affected",  value: "tar on Debian Linux");
    script_tag(name: "insight",   value: "Tar is a program for packaging a set
of files as a single archive in tar format. The function it performs is
conceptually similar to cpio, and to things like PKZIP in the DOS world. It is
heavily used by the Debian package management system, and is useful for performing
system backups and exchanging sets of files with others.");
    script_tag(name: "solution",  value: "For the stable distribution (jessie),
this problem has been fixed in version 1.27.1-2+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.29b-1.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tar packages.");
    script_tag(name: "summary",   value: "Harry Sintonen discovered that GNU tar
does not properly handle member names containing '..', thus allowing an attacker
to bypass the path names specified on the command line and replace files and
directories in the target directory.");
    script_tag(name: "vuldetect", value: "This check tests the installed software
version using the apt package manager.");
    exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"tar", ver:"1.27.1-2+deb8u1", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"tar-scripts", ver:"1.27.1-2+deb8u1", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}