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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702817
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2817-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libtar' package(s) announced via the DSA-2817-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libtar' package(s) announced via the DSA-2817-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Timo Warns reported multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in libtar, a library for manipulating tar archives, which can result in the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.11-6+deb6u1.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.16-1+deb7u1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.20-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.20-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libtar packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'libtar' package(s) on Debian 6, Debian 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-4397
1029166
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029166
1040106
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040106
55188
http://secunia.com/advisories/55188
55253
http://secunia.com/advisories/55253
62922
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62922
DSA-2817
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2817
RHSA-2013:1418
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1418.html
[libtar] 20131009 ANNOUNCE: libtar version 1.2.20
https://lists.feep.net:8080/pipermail/libtar/2013-October/000361.html
[oss-security] 20131010 Integer overflow in libtar (<= 1.2.19)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/10/4
[oss-security] 20131010 Re: Integer overflow in libtar (<= 1.2.19)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/10/6
http://repo.or.cz/w/libtar.git/commitdiff/45448e8bae671c2f7e80b860ae0fc0cedf2bdc04
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01
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