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TITLE:
Sun Solaris gzip Directory Traversal Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16152

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16152/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/product/4813/
Sun Solaris 8
http://secunia.com/product/94/
Sun Solaris 9
http://secunia.com/product/95/

DESCRIPTION:
Sun Microsystems has acknowledged a vulnerability in Solaris, which
can be exploited by malicious people to cause files to be extracted
to an arbitrary directory on a user's system.

For more information:
SA15047

A race condition when setting file permissions has also been
acknowledged.

SOLUTION:
The vendor recommends setting the sticky bit on shared directories
and not using the "-N" or "--name" flags when decompressing files.

A final resolution is reportedly pending completion.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101816-1

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA15047:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15047/

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