[OpenPKG-SA-2006.006] OpenPKG Security Advisory (tar)

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OpenPKG Security Advisory                            The OpenPKG Project
http://www.openpkg.org/security.html              http://www.openpkg.org
openpkg-security () openpkg org                         openpkg () openpkg org
OpenPKG-SA-2006.006                                          05-Mar-2006
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Package:             tar
Vulnerability:       crazy tar vulnerability
OpenPKG Specific:    no

Affected Releases:   Affected Packages:     Corrected Packages:
OpenPKG CURRENT      <= tar-1.15.1-20050131 >= tar-1.15.1-20060305
OpenPKG 2.5          <= tar-1.15.1-2.5.0    >= tar-1.15.1-2.5.1
OpenPKG 2.4          <= tar-1.15.1-2.4.0    >= tar-1.15.1-2.4.1
OpenPKG 2.3          <= tar-1.15.1-2.3.0    >= tar-1.15.1-2.3.1

Description:
  According to a bug report from Jim Meyering [0], a remote overflow
  exists in the GNU Tape Archiver (Tar). GNU Tar fails to properly
  handle PAX extended headers resulting in a buffer overflow. With a
  specially crafted Tar format archive, an attacker can cause arbitrary
  command execution when the victim lists the Tar contents or extracts
  the archive. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project
  assigned the id CVE-2006-0300 [2] to the problem.
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References:
  [0] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2005-06/msg00029.html 
  [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
  [2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0300
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