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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200612-10.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200612-10.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fcb66ed5 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200612-10.xml @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200612-10"> + <title>Tar: Directory traversal vulnerability</title> + <synopsis> + Tar is vulnerable to directory traversal possibly allowing for the + overwriting of arbitrary files. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">tar</product> + <announced>December 11, 2006</announced> + <revised>December 11, 2006: 01</revised> + <bug>155901</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-arch/tar" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.16-r2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.16-r2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + The Tar program provides the ability to create and manipulate tar + archives. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Tar does not properly extract archive elements using the GNUTYPE_NAMES + record name, allowing files to be created at arbitrary locations using + symlinks. Once a symlink is extracted, files after the symlink in the + archive will be extracted to the destination of the symlink. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + An attacker could entice a user to extract a specially crafted tar + archive, possibly allowing for the overwriting of arbitrary files on + the system extracting the archive. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Tar users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/tar-1.16-r2"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6097">CVE-2006-6097</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:14:08 +0000"> + vorlon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 10 Dec 2006 20:35:35 +0000"> + vorlon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:59:09 +0000"> + shellsage + </metadata> +</glsa> |