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Mandriva update for tar
Secunia Advisory: SA23117
Release Date: 2006-11-29
Popularity: 5,826 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Mandriva Linux 2006
Mandriva Linux 2007.0

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-6097


Description:
Mandriva has issued an update for tar. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious people to overwrite arbitrary files.

For more information:
SA23115

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

Mandriva Linux 2006

162f61a8fd27d2056e0412ca2db835ec 2006.0/i586/tar-1.15.1-5.2.20060mdk.i586.rpm
ff8a8b9a0438f72f01fc81ee7d36f303 2006.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.1-5.2.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006/X86_64

811ff45e7001afef069d024c496eaaf4 2006.0/x86_64/tar-1.15.1-5.2.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
ff8a8b9a0438f72f01fc81ee7d36f303 2006.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.1-5.2.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007

2f2b45550cb57234a437143e78a92ce1 2007.0/i586/tar-1.15.91-1.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
7adbb2a696af7e9fbc87702c21555c9e 2007.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.91-1.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64

ad0aa3bb29ff3cad8842dc0b72054761 2007.0/x86_64/tar-1.15.91-1.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
7adbb2a696af7e9fbc87702c21555c9e 2007.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.91-1.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Original Advisory:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:219

Other References:
SA23115:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23115/


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