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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59195
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-506-1 (tar)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description: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

CVSS Score:
6.8

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-4131
1018599
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018599
1021680
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021680.1-1
2007-0026
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/
20070825 rPSA-2007-0172-1 tar
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477731/100/0/threaded
20070827 FLEA-2007-0049-1 tar
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477865/100/0/threaded
25417
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25417
26573
http://secunia.com/advisories/26573
26590
http://secunia.com/advisories/26590
26603
http://secunia.com/advisories/26603
26604
http://secunia.com/advisories/26604
26655
http://secunia.com/advisories/26655
26673
http://secunia.com/advisories/26673
26674
http://secunia.com/advisories/26674
26781
http://secunia.com/advisories/26781
26822
http://secunia.com/advisories/26822
26984
http://secunia.com/advisories/26984
27453
http://secunia.com/advisories/27453
27861
http://secunia.com/advisories/27861
28136
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
28255
http://secunia.com/advisories/28255
ADV-2007-2958
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2958
ADV-2007-4238
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
APPLE-SA-2007-12-17
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
DSA-1438
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438
FEDORA-2007-2673
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html
FreeBSD-SA-07:10
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:10.gtar.asc
GLSA-200709-09
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-09.xml
MDKSA-2007:173
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:173
RHSA-2007:0860
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0860.html
SUSE-SR:2007:018
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html
TA07-352A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
USN-506-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-506-1
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251921
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-383.htm
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1631
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10420
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10420
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7779
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7779
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