Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for tar. This fixes a vulnerability, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for tar
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38989
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38989/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for tar. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise
a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA38836
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update tar").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-4309:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037395.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA38836:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38836/
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