Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59195
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-506-1 (tar)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-506-1 (tar)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to tar announced via advisory USN-506-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: Dmitry V. Levin discovered that tar did not correctly detect the .. file path element when unpacking archives. If a user or an automated system were tricked into unpacking a specially crafted tar file, arbitrary files could be overwritten with user privileges. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: tar 1.15.1-2ubuntu2.2 Ubuntu 6.10: tar 1.15.91-2ubuntu0.4 Ubuntu 7.04: tar 1.16-2ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-506-1 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-4131 Bugtraq: 20070825 rPSA-2007-0172-1 tar (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/477731/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20070827 FLEA-2007-0049-1 tar (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/477865/100/0/threaded http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251921 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html Debian Security Information: DSA-1438 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-07:10 http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:10.gtar.asc http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-09.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:173 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0860.html http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021680.1-1 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:018 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/ http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-506-1 Cert/CC Advisory: TA07-352A http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html BugTraq ID: 25417 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25417 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10420 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7779 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2958 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018599 http://secunia.com/advisories/26573 http://secunia.com/advisories/26590 http://secunia.com/advisories/26604 http://secunia.com/advisories/26603 http://secunia.com/advisories/26674 http://secunia.com/advisories/26673 http://secunia.com/advisories/26655 http://secunia.com/advisories/26781 http://secunia.com/advisories/26822 http://secunia.com/advisories/26984 http://secunia.com/advisories/27453 http://secunia.com/advisories/27861 http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 http://secunia.com/advisories/28255
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