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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2016.2562 tar security update 2 November 2016 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: tar Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 8 UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Windows Impact/Access: Overwrite Arbitrary Files -- Remote with User Interaction Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2016-6321 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3702 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators running tar check for an updated version of the software for their operating system. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3702-1 security@debian.org https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso November 01, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : tar CVE ID : CVE-2016-6321 Debian Bug : 842339 Harry Sintonen discovered that GNU tar does not properly handle member names containing '..', thus allowing an attacker to bypass the path names specified on the command line and replace files and directories in the target directory. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.27.1-2+deb8u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.29b-1.1. We recommend that you upgrade your tar packages. 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