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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56393
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian Security Advisory DSA 987-1 (tar)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to tar
announced via advisory DSA 987-1.

Jim Meyering discovered several buffer overflows in GNU tar, which may
lead to the execution of arbitrary code through specially crafted tar
archives.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.14-2.1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.15.1-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your tar package.

Solution:
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20987-1

CVSS Score:
5.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 16764
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-0300
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16764
Cert/CC Advisory: TA07-072A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
Cert/CC Advisory: TA07-109A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html
Debian Security Information: DSA-987 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-987
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430299/100/0/threaded
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-06.xml
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:046
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2006-02/msg00051.html
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.006-tar.html
http://www.osvdb.org/23371
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5252
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5978
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5993
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6094
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9295
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0232.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015705
http://secunia.com/advisories/18973
http://secunia.com/advisories/18976
http://secunia.com/advisories/18999
http://secunia.com/advisories/19016
http://secunia.com/advisories/19093
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130
http://secunia.com/advisories/19152
http://secunia.com/advisories/19236
http://secunia.com/advisories/20042
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/480
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/543
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-241646-1
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:005 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0010
https://usn.ubuntu.com/257-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0684
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2518
XForce ISS Database: gnu-tar-pax-headers-bo(24855)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24855
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