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Ubuntu update for tar
Secunia Advisory:	SA23142	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-11-28
Popularity:	5,562 views

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

OS:	Ubuntu Linux 5.10 Ubuntu Linux 6.06 Ubuntu Linux 6.10

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CVE reference:	CVE-2006-6097

Description: Ubuntu 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. -- Ubuntu 5.10 -- Source archives: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.15.1-2ubuntu0.2.diff.gz Size/MD5: 29654 155f4628f9fef19aa20e3927a857fd0d http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.15.1-2ubuntu0.2.dsc Size/MD5: 574 22006def60be25510613a955ca7e90d2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.15.1.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5: 2204322 d87021366fe6488e9dc398fcdcb6ed7d amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...t/tar/tar_1.15.1-2ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb Size/MD5: 531932 d507bfc76276c9cc43ebf56f9d69038a i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.15.1-2ubuntu0.2_i386.deb Size/MD5: 519858 ed19ee38f074d841366737e880a5c626 powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...tar/tar_1.15.1-2ubuntu0.2_powerpc.deb Size/MD5: 533886 5d0d477d0bbe5589f5a3181144099c92 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...t/tar/tar_1.15.1-2ubuntu0.2_sparc.deb Size/MD5: 525056 1fa9aa25fbbc81c4fcf767c28b4eb991 -- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS -- Source archives: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.15.1-2ubuntu2.1.diff.gz Size/MD5: 30078 32b5ca833a90aa5bcbc3941a07dbf81a http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.15.1-2ubuntu2.1.dsc Size/MD5: 574 c68c40e5d79b9afd13626694b0bcb2d4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.15.1.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5: 2204322 d87021366fe6488e9dc398fcdcb6ed7d amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...t/tar/tar_1.15.1-2ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb Size/MD5: 532022 ddcb1e2e8770645f683b462b095ff851 i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.15.1-2ubuntu2.1_i386.deb Size/MD5: 519384 be7fa1ac67587e1ef574ed457e967454 powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...tar/tar_1.15.1-2ubuntu2.1_powerpc.deb Size/MD5: 533876 4b9404feef3aaaf23cf28abd1432517b sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...t/tar/tar_1.15.1-2ubuntu2.1_sparc.deb Size/MD5: 523654 1164fe3b20e4f530df21258907f3cd9d -- Ubuntu 6.10 -- Source archives: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.15.91-2ubuntu0.3.diff.gz Size/MD5: 16849 1776a8a649f3fec68c6990accd5f47c8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.15.91-2ubuntu0.3.dsc Size/MD5: 596 58f9bea1622976afa48a7eb61e8945e8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.15.91.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5: 2016367 e2338a16b0464ec03826e000dae990a0 amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo.../tar/tar_1.15.91-2ubuntu0.3_amd64.deb Size/MD5: 361636 9580b1e23dc58caf6af9543dbe045dca i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...t/tar/tar_1.15.91-2ubuntu0.3_i386.deb Size/MD5: 346396 4bb2868d5fc2855a8242c6c89c7afb12 powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...ar/tar_1.15.91-2ubuntu0.3_powerpc.deb Size/MD5: 365486 79ddf1293d8e759fd96fee0c612d6000 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo.../tar/tar_1.15.91-2ubuntu0.3_sparc.deb Size/MD5: 348136 ffdb48742e8bc415682f18d6c74f70c2 Original Advisory: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-385-1 Other References: SA23115: http://secunia.com/advisories/23115/

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