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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Ubuntu Local Security Checks >> USN257-1 : tar vulnerability Vulnerability Assessment Details
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USN257-1 : tar vulnerability |
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tar vulnerability Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : The remote package "tar" is missing a security patch. Description : Jim Meyering discovered that tar did not properly verify the validity of certain header fields in a GNU tar archive. By tricking an user into processing a specially crafted tar archive, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user. The tar version in Ubuntu 4.10 is not affected by this vulnerability. Solution : Upgrade to : - tar-1.15.1-2ubuntu0.1 (Ubuntu 5.10) Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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