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Red Hat update for tar
Secunia Advisory: SA23443
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Release Date: 2006-12-20
Popularity: 6,810 views

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

OS:RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
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CVE reference:CVE-2006-6097
Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for tar. This fixes a weakness, which can be exploited by malicious people to overwrite arbitrary files.

For more information:
SA23115

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

Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0749.html

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

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