Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57680
Category:	FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:	FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.asc)
Summary:	FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.asc)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.asc GNU tar (gtar) is a utility to create and extract tape archives, commonly known as tar files. GNU tar is included in FreeBSD 4.x as /usr/bin/tar, and in FreeBSD 5.x as /usr/bin/gtar. Symlinks created using the GNUTYPE_NAMES tar extension can be absolute due to lack of proper sanity checks. Solution: Upgrade your system to the appropriate stable release or security branch dated after the correction date http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.asc
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-6097 Bugtraq: 20061201 rPSA-2006-0222-1 tar (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/453286/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20070330 VMSA-2007-0002 VMware ESX security updates (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/464268/100/0/threaded http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050812.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=216937 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html Debian Security Information: DSA-1223 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1223 FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-06:26 http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.asc http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-10.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:219 http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.038.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2006:0749 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0749.html SGI Security Advisory: 20061202-01-P ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.469379 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0068/ http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-385-1 Cert/CC Advisory: TA07-072A http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html BugTraq ID: 21235 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21235 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10963 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4717 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5102 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1171 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017423 http://secunia.com/advisories/23115 http://secunia.com/advisories/23142 http://secunia.com/advisories/23117 http://secunia.com/advisories/23173 http://secunia.com/advisories/23163 http://secunia.com/advisories/23209 http://secunia.com/advisories/23146 http://secunia.com/advisories/23198 http://secunia.com/advisories/23314 http://secunia.com/advisories/23443 http://secunia.com/advisories/23514 http://secunia.com/advisories/23911 http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 http://secunia.com/advisories/24636 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1918
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