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Package name tar
Date October 10th, 2002
Advisory ID MDKSA-2002:066
Affected versions 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, CS1.0
Synopsis Updated tar packages fix directory traversal vulnerability

Problem Description

A directory traversal vulnerability was discovered in GNU tar version
1.13.25 and earlier that allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files
during extraction of the archive by using a ".." (dot dot) in an
extracted filename.

Updated Packages

Mandrakelinux 7.1

 e38601b4cf24280c95110c2bb1295860  7.1/RPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.i586.rpm
5adf700af4dbd0c483e2957a2006bbbe  7.1/SRPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 7.2

 e38601b4cf24280c95110c2bb1295860  7.2/RPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.i586.rpm
5adf700af4dbd0c483e2957a2006bbbe  7.2/SRPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.0

 af16a2a8baa2102e329a9544e5493ab6  8.0/RPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.i586.rpm
5adf700af4dbd0c483e2957a2006bbbe  8.0/SRPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.0/PPC

 538e014cf4eb5e88899627a4a7a481df  ppc/8.0/RPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.ppc.rpm
5adf700af4dbd0c483e2957a2006bbbe  ppc/8.0/SRPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.1

 271575323590cc758886bd0381d873c1  8.1/RPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.i586.rpm
5adf700af4dbd0c483e2957a2006bbbe  8.1/SRPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.1/IA64

 e2e780f9f79e5584c53bcb0697a17e1b  ia64/8.1/RPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.ia64.rpm
5adf700af4dbd0c483e2957a2006bbbe  ia64/8.1/SRPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.2

 b75828f0b5158a86477a044cc79b4de8  8.2/RPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.i586.rpm
5adf700af4dbd0c483e2957a2006bbbe  8.2/SRPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.2/PPC

 c37e2b421019e126ac3a63ca7aa42cd6  ppc/8.2/RPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.ppc.rpm
5adf700af4dbd0c483e2957a2006bbbe  ppc/8.2/SRPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.0

 6486eaafa407b7ee1938b0aa77fecb57  9.0/RPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.i586.rpm
5adf700af4dbd0c483e2957a2006bbbe  9.0/SRPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 1.0.1

 e38601b4cf24280c95110c2bb1295860  1.0.1/RPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.i586.rpm
5adf700af4dbd0c483e2957a2006bbbe  1.0.1/SRPMS/tar-1.13.25-6.2mdk.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2001-1267
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0399
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/196445

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