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RHSA-2007:0860-01 Moderate: tar security update
Posted by Bob on: 08/23/2007 02:05 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
A new update is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Here the announcement:
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: tar security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2007:0860-01
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0860.html
Issue date: 2007-08-23
Updated on: 2007-08-23
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Keywords: symlink path traversal
CVE Names: CVE-2007-4131
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1. Summary:
Updated tar package that fixes a path traversal flaw is now available.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat
Security Response Team.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
3. Problem description:
The GNU tar program saves many files together in one archive and can
restore individual files (or all of the files) from that archive.
A path traversal flaw was discovered in the way GNU tar extracted archives.
A malicious user could create a tar archive that could write to arbitrary
files to which the user running GNU tar had write access. (CVE-2007-4131)
Red Hat would like to thank Dmitry V. Levin for reporting this issue.
Users of tar should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a
replacement backported patch to correct this issue.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
251921 - CVE-2007-4131 tar directory traversal vulnerability
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm
4cfff37413ea6e3705c1c6626e3dc4d2 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm
i386:
87969426d39204739ccb8d167175f6ff tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm
8ace84439fed673b42aeb7de3c7a9373 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm
ia64:
7b87e3117a4462f7474c6552e0754950 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ia64.rpm
6bca94f6bb90158cea5e69d512800c01 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ia64.rpm
ppc:
19d17b1237ac535046610b151a89056e tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ppc.rpm
4a09c682416096a96bb1f5d66ef7f0d4 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ppc.rpm
s390:
60663a237022be37edee7aaa4cdeb0a0 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.s390.rpm
1d0a3442befd28b96be7904d82bf8c25 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.s390.rpm
s390x:
d6256b8644864ff2c04d8c5c68360b4f tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.s390x.rpm
1cf61b918294b63110f5fc17ee787d1b tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
253c53990cc612781107e07fb2f96a56 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
cbc599e4dabe030318f4c2eb9a05da53 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm
4cfff37413ea6e3705c1c6626e3dc4d2 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm
i386:
87969426d39204739ccb8d167175f6ff tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm
8ace84439fed673b42aeb7de3c7a9373 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
253c53990cc612781107e07fb2f96a56 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
cbc599e4dabe030318f4c2eb9a05da53 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm
4cfff37413ea6e3705c1c6626e3dc4d2 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm
i386:
87969426d39204739ccb8d167175f6ff tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm
8ace84439fed673b42aeb7de3c7a9373 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm
ia64:
7b87e3117a4462f7474c6552e0754950 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ia64.rpm
6bca94f6bb90158cea5e69d512800c01 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
253c53990cc612781107e07fb2f96a56 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
cbc599e4dabe030318f4c2eb9a05da53 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm
4cfff37413ea6e3705c1c6626e3dc4d2 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm
i386:
87969426d39204739ccb8d167175f6ff tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm
8ace84439fed673b42aeb7de3c7a9373 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm
ia64:
7b87e3117a4462f7474c6552e0754950 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ia64.rpm
6bca94f6bb90158cea5e69d512800c01 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
253c53990cc612781107e07fb2f96a56 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
cbc599e4dabe030318f4c2eb9a05da53 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
SRPMS:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.src.rpm
71404af2e3ee182ae0ceb49c5022c25a tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.src.rpm
i386:
bef674d7f4a7c2b8ab199f3b0e4ffbf4 tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.i386.rpm
18bbfd3ebd9d7bdbc5cedd575508e11a tar-debuginfo-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64:
4e4d8558cf8ee07dcb764b68686754e5 tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
1c398dbd4c6b0f462f41c9a4669e7902 tar-debuginfo-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
SRPMS:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.src.rpm
71404af2e3ee182ae0ceb49c5022c25a tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.src.rpm
i386:
bef674d7f4a7c2b8ab199f3b0e4ffbf4 tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.i386.rpm
18bbfd3ebd9d7bdbc5cedd575508e11a tar-debuginfo-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.i386.rpm
ia64:
e286f927ee594d632a89aed5e84c466d tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm
7405e317c14ac36323d4866075be4a7e tar-debuginfo-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm
ppc:
1425da0fe798ccbbd6955fad756a0b3e tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.ppc.rpm
1f1eb67ab55d912d0c2a86b0206cf688 tar-debuginfo-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.ppc.rpm
s390x:
2befefb377c312ca3331d20bab123354 tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.s390x.rpm
6b7337fa1f6b9789f1d0eb169b86dea9 tar-debuginfo-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
4e4d8558cf8ee07dcb764b68686754e5 tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
1c398dbd4c6b0f462f41c9a4669e7902 tar-debuginfo-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
7. References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4131
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is lt;secalert@redhat.comgt;. More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: tar security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2007:0860-01
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0860.html
Issue date: 2007-08-23
Updated on: 2007-08-23
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Keywords: symlink path traversal
CVE Names: CVE-2007-4131
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1. Summary:
Updated tar package that fixes a path traversal flaw is now available.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat
Security Response Team.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
3. Problem description:
The GNU tar program saves many files together in one archive and can
restore individual files (or all of the files) from that archive.
A path traversal flaw was discovered in the way GNU tar extracted archives.
A malicious user could create a tar archive that could write to arbitrary
files to which the user running GNU tar had write access. (CVE-2007-4131)
Red Hat would like to thank Dmitry V. Levin for reporting this issue.
Users of tar should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a
replacement backported patch to correct this issue.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
251921 - CVE-2007-4131 tar directory traversal vulnerability
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm
4cfff37413ea6e3705c1c6626e3dc4d2 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm
i386:
87969426d39204739ccb8d167175f6ff tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm
8ace84439fed673b42aeb7de3c7a9373 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm
ia64:
7b87e3117a4462f7474c6552e0754950 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ia64.rpm
6bca94f6bb90158cea5e69d512800c01 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ia64.rpm
ppc:
19d17b1237ac535046610b151a89056e tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ppc.rpm
4a09c682416096a96bb1f5d66ef7f0d4 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ppc.rpm
s390:
60663a237022be37edee7aaa4cdeb0a0 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.s390.rpm
1d0a3442befd28b96be7904d82bf8c25 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.s390.rpm
s390x:
d6256b8644864ff2c04d8c5c68360b4f tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.s390x.rpm
1cf61b918294b63110f5fc17ee787d1b tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
253c53990cc612781107e07fb2f96a56 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
cbc599e4dabe030318f4c2eb9a05da53 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm
4cfff37413ea6e3705c1c6626e3dc4d2 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm
i386:
87969426d39204739ccb8d167175f6ff tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm
8ace84439fed673b42aeb7de3c7a9373 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
253c53990cc612781107e07fb2f96a56 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
cbc599e4dabe030318f4c2eb9a05da53 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm
4cfff37413ea6e3705c1c6626e3dc4d2 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm
i386:
87969426d39204739ccb8d167175f6ff tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm
8ace84439fed673b42aeb7de3c7a9373 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm
ia64:
7b87e3117a4462f7474c6552e0754950 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ia64.rpm
6bca94f6bb90158cea5e69d512800c01 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
253c53990cc612781107e07fb2f96a56 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
cbc599e4dabe030318f4c2eb9a05da53 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm
4cfff37413ea6e3705c1c6626e3dc4d2 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm
i386:
87969426d39204739ccb8d167175f6ff tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm
8ace84439fed673b42aeb7de3c7a9373 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm
ia64:
7b87e3117a4462f7474c6552e0754950 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ia64.rpm
6bca94f6bb90158cea5e69d512800c01 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
253c53990cc612781107e07fb2f96a56 tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
cbc599e4dabe030318f4c2eb9a05da53 tar-debuginfo-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
SRPMS:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.src.rpm
71404af2e3ee182ae0ceb49c5022c25a tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.src.rpm
i386:
bef674d7f4a7c2b8ab199f3b0e4ffbf4 tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.i386.rpm
18bbfd3ebd9d7bdbc5cedd575508e11a tar-debuginfo-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64:
4e4d8558cf8ee07dcb764b68686754e5 tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
1c398dbd4c6b0f462f41c9a4669e7902 tar-debuginfo-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
SRPMS:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.src.rpm
71404af2e3ee182ae0ceb49c5022c25a tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.src.rpm
i386:
bef674d7f4a7c2b8ab199f3b0e4ffbf4 tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.i386.rpm
18bbfd3ebd9d7bdbc5cedd575508e11a tar-debuginfo-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.i386.rpm
ia64:
e286f927ee594d632a89aed5e84c466d tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm
7405e317c14ac36323d4866075be4a7e tar-debuginfo-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm
ppc:
1425da0fe798ccbbd6955fad756a0b3e tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.ppc.rpm
1f1eb67ab55d912d0c2a86b0206cf688 tar-debuginfo-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.ppc.rpm
s390x:
2befefb377c312ca3331d20bab123354 tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.s390x.rpm
6b7337fa1f6b9789f1d0eb169b86dea9 tar-debuginfo-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
4e4d8558cf8ee07dcb764b68686754e5 tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
1c398dbd4c6b0f462f41c9a4669e7902 tar-debuginfo-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
7. References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4131
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is lt;secalert@redhat.comgt;. More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
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