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Mandriva update for tar
Secunia Advisory: SA18976
Release Date: 2006-02-22
Popularity: 7,137 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Mandrakelinux 10.1

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-0300


Description:
Mandriva has issued an update for tar. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA18973

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

Mandrakelinux 10.1:

8bd49b5e60e1736e771e3907789e37bb 10.1/RPMS/tar-1.14-1.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
57dc0115bfe997451de8d05375785395 10.1/SRPMS/tar-1.14-1.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:

c4ad8f0250fef5da4ba2f9097c6190e2 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/tar-1.14-1.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
57dc0115bfe997451de8d05375785395 x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/tar-1.14-1.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Original Advisory:
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:046

Other References:
SA18973:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18973/


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