SLES9: Security update for tar

The remote host is missing updates to packages that affect the security of your system. One or more of the following packages are affected: tar tar For more information, please visit the referenced security advisories. More details may also be found by searching for keyword 5020240 within the SuS...

CentOS 3 : tar (CESA-2006:0195)

An updated tar package that fixes a path traversal flaw is now available. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The GNU tar program saves many files together in one archive and can restore individual files or all of the files from that...

RHEL 2.1 / 3 : tar (RHSA-2006:0195)

An updated tar package that fixes a path traversal flaw is now available. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The GNU tar program saves many files together in one archive and can restore individual files or all of the files from that...

tar security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2006:0195 An updated tar package that fixes a path traversal flaw is now available. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The GNU tar program saves many files together in one archive and can restore...

CVE-2005-1918: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

The original patch for a GNU tar directory traversal vulnerability CVE-2002-0399 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 2.1 uses an "incorrect optimization" that allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted tar file, probably involving "/../" sequences with a leading "/"...