Date:         Wed, 5 Sep 2007 09:00:23 -0500
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA for star on SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3,x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov

Synopsis:	Moderate: star security update
Issue date:	2007-09-04
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-4134

A path traversal flaw was discovered in the way star extracted archives. A
malicious user could create a tar archive that would cause star to write to
arbitrary files to which the user running star had write access.
(CVE-2007-4134)

As well, this update adds the command line argument "-.." to the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3 version of star. This allows star to extract files
containing "/../" in their pathname.

SL 3.0.x

   SRPMS:
	star-1.5a08-5.src.rpm
   i386:
	star-1.5a08-5.i386.rpm
   x86_64:
	star-1.5a08-5.x86_64.rpm

SL 4.x

   SRPMS:
	star-1.5a25-8.src.rpm
   i386:
	star-1.5a25-8.i386.rpm
   x86_64:
	star-1.5a25-8.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

   SRPMS:
	star-1.5a75-2.src.rpm
   i386:
	star-1.5a75-2.i386.rpm
   x86_64:
	star-1.5a75-2.x86_64.rpm


-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

SciLinux: CVE-2007-4134 star SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3,x i386/x86_64

Moderate: star security update

Summary

Date:         Wed, 5 Sep 2007 09:00:23 -0500Reply-To:     Troy Dawson Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux              From:         Troy Dawson Subject:      Security ERRATA for star on SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3,x i386/x86_64Comments: To: scientific-linux-errata@fnal.govSynopsis:	Moderate: star security updateIssue date:	2007-09-04CVE Names:	CVE-2007-4134A path traversal flaw was discovered in the way star extracted archives. Amalicious user could create a tar archive that would cause star to write toarbitrary files to which the user running star had write access.(CVE-2007-4134)As well, this update adds the command line argument "-.." to the Red HatEnterprise Linux 3 version of star. This allows star to extract filescontaining "/../" in their pathname.SL 3.0.x   SRPMS:	star-1.5a08-5.src.rpm   i386:	star-1.5a08-5.i386.rpm   x86_64:	star-1.5a08-5.x86_64.rpmSL 4.x   SRPMS:	star-1.5a25-8.src.rpm   i386:	star-1.5a25-8.i386.rpm   x86_64:	star-1.5a25-8.x86_64.rpmSL 5.x   SRPMS:	star-1.5a75-2.src.rpm   i386:	star-1.5a75-2.i386.rpm   x86_64:	star-1.5a75-2.x86_64.rpm-Connie Sieh-Troy Dawson



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