Package name tar
Date October 15th, 2007
Advisory ID MDKSA-2007:197
Affected versions 2007.0, CS4.0, 2007.1, 2008.0
Synopsis Updated tar packages prevent buffer overflow

Problem Description

A buffer overflow in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact,
resulting in a crashing stack.

Updated packages fix this issue.

Updated Packages

Mandriva Linux 2007

 ad9831bdc61bfd45b4236baf91ba303b  2007.0/i586/tar-1.15.91-1.3mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 
 799e95edad373e229f27ac662a2803c7  2007.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.91-1.3mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64

 a7ca270e229a7a66e3945aa27ebe5574  2007.0/x86_64/tar-1.15.91-1.3mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 
 799e95edad373e229f27ac662a2803c7  2007.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.91-1.3mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Corporate Server 4.0

 ae6c4f628deac215fc00421176245fca  corporate/4.0/i586/tar-1.15.1-5.4.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm 
 00e37ea23dc4f0218ccfed4edbe47bf2  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.1-5.4.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

Corporate Server 4.0/X86_64

 ea73607c5f7b4d32cb7c158ffb9fb366  corporate/4.0/x86_64/tar-1.15.1-5.4.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm 
 00e37ea23dc4f0218ccfed4edbe47bf2  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.1-5.4.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.1

 ad38128760a1d444cb7f92b88d0fa7e3  2007.1/i586/tar-1.16-3.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm 
 d8be92eefacc8b999f3021942c1e9776  2007.1/SRPMS/tar-1.16-3.2mdv2007.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64

 90dff66308016f17f03558d4ba550387  2007.1/x86_64/tar-1.16-3.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm 
 d8be92eefacc8b999f3021942c1e9776  2007.1/SRPMS/tar-1.16-3.2mdv2007.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.0

 e81d250db24d4f5dd935986dece9f7f0  2008.0/i586/tar-1.18-1.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 
 4dd90e75bf8d363ed44e1bd7346d42cf  2008.0/SRPMS/tar-1.18-1.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64

 16e3f71fc1b9b2fef42378e025d93ea8  2008.0/x86_64/tar-1.18-1.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 
 4dd90e75bf8d363ed44e1bd7346d42cf  2008.0/SRPMS/tar-1.18-1.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4476

Upgrade

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Verification

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                rpm --checksig package.rpm
                

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