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Debian update for tar
Secunia Advisory:	SA23163	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-12-04
Popularity:	4,796 views

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

OS:	Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid

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CVE reference:	CVE-2006-6097

Description: Debian 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. -- Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge -- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 1485633 3094544702b1affa32d969f0b6459663 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 51004 d6513454cbe12eec5908c2b41253f843 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 554 85503d4264d7b39c7969051c3661fa96 alpha architecture (DEC Alpha) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 520736 4b14a87c6e8b4dda327d802eddcf9af7 amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 503902 98a8169210eb273252a7997c726c4333 arm architecture (ARM) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 500266 49ef1817d4ee1753f66bd37be8f91455 hppa architecture (HP PA RISC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 517810 5f48745a747ee36c330d97f3bc5cc980 i386 architecture (Intel ia32) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 499560 c764b0894f6c3317a78124177cfed9fe ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 543432 0dc8b4d66a82d05d7b68f2dbee960791 m68k architecture (Motorola Mc680x0) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 489058 381e468152e0a5a37113f412f13d85a7 mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 520512 29bc4c6133bfeb259175fea45277a647 mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 520258 ed3b0aadf8720c97a1df6334a90efe3c powerpc architecture (PowerPC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 506908 3a57a912dc159ee20d47ca1591a68619 s390 architecture (IBM S/390) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 511972 79cb92aaeee839c2d82efe743a8cea59 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 499698 d260b9f5db00b12414d6136c63e37202 -- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid -- Reportedly, this problem will be fixed in version 1.16-2. Original Advisory: http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1223 Other References: SA23115: http://secunia.com/advisories/23115/

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