RedHat: Moderate: tar security update RHSA-2006:0232-01
Summary
Summary
The GNU tar program saves many files together in one archive and can restore individual files (or all of the files) from that archive. Jim Meyering discovered a buffer overflow bug in the way GNU tar extracts malformed archives. By tricking a user into extracting a malicious tar archive, it is possible to execute arbitrary code as the user running tar. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) assigned the name CVE-2006-0300 to this issue. Users of tar should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
181772 - CVE-2006-0300 GNU tar heap overlfow bug
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
SRPMS:
20edf00d3f726e8ef40182a1cc74c309 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.src.rpm
i386:
8e6c7bf72e4f4d48e066406614396a08 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.i386.rpm
ia64:
3bce09ef8d5829c5c41ec04f1a79036b tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.ia64.rpm
ppc:
03483011461ab5395c04ca55eb42e6c0 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.ppc.rpm
s390:
d33b7ade56bff4f8d936481f9835cd4b tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.s390.rpm
s390x:
d5e85f0e8daf289e5b75a0558741fdca tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
2002e57270db78163e556c0321b8e190 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
SRPMS:
20edf00d3f726e8ef40182a1cc74c309 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.src.rpm
i386:
8e6c7bf72e4f4d48e066406614396a08 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
2002e57270db78163e556c0321b8e190 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
SRPMS:
20edf00d3f726e8ef40182a1cc74c309 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.src.rpm
i386:
8e6c7bf72e4f4d48e066406614396a08 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.i386.rpm
ia64:
3bce09ef8d5829c5c41ec04f1a79036b tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
2002e57270db78163e556c0321b8e190 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
SRPMS:
20edf00d3f726e8ef40182a1cc74c309 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.src.rpm
i386:
8e6c7bf72e4f4d48e066406614396a08 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.i386.rpm
ia64:
3bce09ef8d5829c5c41ec04f1a79036b tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
2002e57270db78163e556c0321b8e190 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0300
Package List
Topic
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Bugs Fixed