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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2006.219

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2006.219
Posted Dec 1, 2006
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2006-219-1 - GNU tar 1.16 and 1.15.1, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a tar file that contains a GNUTYPE_NAMES record with a symbolic link, which is not properly handled by the extract_archive function in extract.c and extract_mangle function in mangle.c, a variant of CVE-2002-1216.

tags | advisory, arbitrary
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2006-6097, CVE-2002-1216
SHA-256 | 5c1c3a1aa46e6ec5047fe0c7bac640cae31a993d8472dad6d9b0a1e8ee9485e6

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2006.219

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2006:219
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : tar
Date : November 28, 2006
Affected: 2006.0, 2007.0, Corporate 3.0, Corporate 4.0,
Multi Network Firewall 2.0
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Problem Description:

GNU tar 1.16 and 1.15.1, and possibly other versions, allows
user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a tar file
that contains a GNUTYPE_NAMES record with a symbolic link, which is not
properly handled by the extract_archive function in extract.c and
extract_mangle function in mangle.c, a variant of CVE-2002-1216.

The updated packages have been patched to address this issue.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6097
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 2006.0:
162f61a8fd27d2056e0412ca2db835ec 2006.0/i586/tar-1.15.1-5.2.20060mdk.i586.rpm
ff8a8b9a0438f72f01fc81ee7d36f303 2006.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.1-5.2.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006.0/X86_64:
811ff45e7001afef069d024c496eaaf4 2006.0/x86_64/tar-1.15.1-5.2.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
ff8a8b9a0438f72f01fc81ee7d36f303 2006.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.1-5.2.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.0:
2f2b45550cb57234a437143e78a92ce1 2007.0/i586/tar-1.15.91-1.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
7adbb2a696af7e9fbc87702c21555c9e 2007.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.91-1.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64:
ad0aa3bb29ff3cad8842dc0b72054761 2007.0/x86_64/tar-1.15.91-1.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
7adbb2a696af7e9fbc87702c21555c9e 2007.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.91-1.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Corporate 3.0:
4f64d5d13fc887e2698b59f908d144fd corporate/3.0/i586/tar-1.13.25-11.1.C30mdk.i586.rpm
6f470c1fd005021c072627f4ed720f0b corporate/3.0/SRPMS/tar-1.13.25-11.1.C30mdk.src.rpm

Corporate 3.0/X86_64:
e7ddc900476c0c202abdcedd28cc7893 corporate/3.0/x86_64/tar-1.13.25-11.1.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
6f470c1fd005021c072627f4ed720f0b corporate/3.0/SRPMS/tar-1.13.25-11.1.C30mdk.src.rpm

Corporate 4.0:
23aaf07731b8a40a67fbd1a0d1f282ad corporate/4.0/i586/tar-1.15.1-5.2.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
feab531719ee55b58cdb14183d84cfc6 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.1-5.2.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

Corporate 4.0/X86_64:
633ca84b42d52bce291a58c348b1a823 corporate/4.0/x86_64/tar-1.15.1-5.2.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
feab531719ee55b58cdb14183d84cfc6 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.1-5.2.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

Multi Network Firewall 2.0:
3f07efd5980e45ce55f05364f0e1f4bd mnf/2.0/i586/tar-1.13.25-11.1.M20mdk.i586.rpm
0b6cd4ea429d91884e9c2fffbd8d0dbc mnf/2.0/SRPMS/tar-1.13.25-11.1.M20mdk.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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