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Ubuntu update for tar
Secunia Advisory: SA26603
Release Date: 2007-08-29
Popularity: 4,388 views

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

OS:Ubuntu Linux 6.06
Ubuntu Linux 6.10
Ubuntu Linux 7.04

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-4131


Description:
Ubuntu has issued an update for tar. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA26573

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

-- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS --

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.15.1-2ubuntu2.2.diff.gz
Size/MD5:30265 942e8c377c23bbc46f47a8e306472135
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.15.1-2ubuntu2.2.dsc
Size/MD5:574 6eefc042a8904f74897bec43aefcc5ce
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_1.15.1-2ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 532120 4c4e01e4b1935b8536082d52e743eced

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.15.1-2ubuntu2.2_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 519474 4fc1e5062e85522e7ece4fc41348ffcc

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...tar/tar_1.15.1-2ubuntu2.2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 534002 4d125cb2f9a70103406fcffc38fb7c72

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...t/tar/tar_1.15.1-2ubuntu2.2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 523738 f35f05eda6af9c7c71309b30c5b67ade

-- Ubuntu 6.10 --

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.15.91-2ubuntu0.4.diff.gz
Size/MD5:17154 137870e841e8747620d21dcd74c53605
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.15.91-2ubuntu0.4.dsc
Size/MD5:596 31b32f0fc8de2c1831c4fe5ee08605fe
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_1.15.91-2ubuntu0.4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 361714 9dd595cf3533c315bbb4077f9473fb95

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...t/tar/tar_1.15.91-2ubuntu0.4_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 346448 985e0744fda8c857c9934b0a6e4f4f1a

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...ar/tar_1.15.91-2ubuntu0.4_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 365564 da0213871f1b9f69998eb1dcf1e36d01

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo.../tar/tar_1.15.91-2ubuntu0.4_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 348146 cab05a5c0a0f44187f1797236027d52a

-- Ubuntu 7.04 --

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.16-2ubuntu0.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5:30764 f9dbcc2a923a42bd50de51d85356a384
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.16-2ubuntu0.1.dsc
Size/MD5:671 b82b0785568b2443a719ac8893c57a4f
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.16.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5:2199571 d971b9d6114ad0527ef89fab0d3167e0

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.16-2ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 364462 508888d63f0c6b469cabd7eb21ac665b

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.16-2ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 321504 e880472e46b23edf60f42ed033776c68

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...t/tar/tar_1.16-2ubuntu0.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 340228 11eeee2a3e1a8e0eea73eebf97402559

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.16-2ubuntu0.1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 323288 1bfbbd1ff5c0a03db04e6af56300a9d8

Original Advisory:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-506-1

Other References:
SA26573:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26573/


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