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Sun Solaris 10 GNU Tar PAX Extended Headers Handling Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory: SA31766
Release Date: 2008-09-09
Popularity: 2,010 views

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

OS:Sun Solaris 10

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Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in GNU Tar in Solaris, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA18973

The vulnerability is reported in Solaris 10 for both the SPARC and x86 platforms.

Change Page:
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