GLSA 200709-09: GNU Tar: Directory traversal vulnerability

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Severity:	normal
Title:	GNU Tar: Directory traversal vulnerability
Date:	09/15/2007
Bugs:	#189682
ID:	200709-09

Synopsis

A directory traversal vulnerability has been discovered in GNU Tar.

Background

The GNU Tar program provides the ability to create tar archives, as well as various other kinds of manipulation.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-arch/tar	< 1.18-r2	>= 1.18-r2	All supported architectures

Description

Dmitry V. Levin discovered a directory traversal vulnerability in the contains_dot_dot() function in file src/names.c.

Impact

By enticing a user to extract a specially crafted tar archive, a remote attacker could extract files to arbitrary locations outside of the specified directory with the permissions of the user running GNU Tar.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GNU Tar users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/tar-1.18-r2"

References

CVE-2007-4131

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-09.xml

Concerns?

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