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TITLE:
Fedora update for tar

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27453

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27453/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 7
http://secunia.com/product/15552/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for tar. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.

For more information:
SA26573

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

c09659eac15f8e77065533c34af22253d2a46e53 tar-1.15.1-28.fc7.ppc64.rpm
458b97f6abd1acd618fa562d466a271b22006e6f
tar-debuginfo-1.15.1-28.fc7.ppc64.rpm
f813a5b6c36a75318aaecf771101ad2ebd640fa6 tar-1.15.1-28.fc7.i386.rpm
b84314a9e349bc5c2588b6747b06756d565643a9
tar-debuginfo-1.15.1-28.fc7.i386.rpm
eea2f8078c49a09717df1d4f22ed9f7a1f326be2
tar-debuginfo-1.15.1-28.fc7.x86_64.rpm
44bba686adf4a5a2936773253687cdc897495407
tar-1.15.1-28.fc7.x86_64.rpm
848226382b22036efe7206d1114dc7bde6e1c52a tar-1.15.1-28.fc7.ppc.rpm
f6ede3c1738cf39dec8f8fa6732ab0d4cfbb897a
tar-debuginfo-1.15.1-28.fc7.ppc.rpm
d7d03d1a399275ff8283344263d392664ef1754e tar-1.15.1-28.fc7.src.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26573:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26573/

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