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Red Hat update for tar
Secunia Advisory: SA18988
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Release Date: 2006-02-22
Last Update: 2006-06-01
Popularity: 7,444 views

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

OS:RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
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CVE reference:CVE-2005-1918
Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for tar. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause files to be extracted to arbitrary locations on a user's system.

The vulnerability is related to:
SA7173

Solution:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

Changelog:
2006-06-01: Updated advisory.

Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0195.html

Other References:
SA7173:
http://secunia.com/advisories/7173/

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