Executive Summary

Summary
Title tar security update
Informations
Name RHSA-2006:0749 First vendor Publication 2006-12-19
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2006-12-19
Severity (Vendor) Moderate Revision 01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 4.9 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 4.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

Updated tar packages that fix a path traversal flaw are now available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

3. Problem description:

The GNU tar program saves many files together in one archive and can restore individual files (or all of the files) from that archive.

Teemu Salmela discovered a path traversal flaw in the way GNU tar extracted archives. A malicious user could create a tar archive that could write to arbitrary files to which the user running GNU tar has write access. (CVE-2006-6097)

Users of tar should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a replacement backported patch to correct this issue.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the following Web page for the System Administration or Customization guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

216937 - CVE-2006-6097 GNU tar directory traversal

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0749.html

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10963
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10963
Title: GNU tar 1.16 and 1.15.1, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a tar file that contains a GNUTYPE_NAMES record with a symbolic link, which is not properly handled by the extract_archive function in extract.c and extract_mangle function in mangle.c, a variant of CVE-2002-1216.
Description: GNU tar 1.16 and 1.15.1, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a tar file that contains a GNUTYPE_NAMES record with a symbolic link, which is not properly handled by the extract_archive function in extract.c and extract_mangle function in mangle.c, a variant of CVE-2002-1216.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-6097
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-11-17 Name : Mac OS X Version
File : nvt/macosx_version.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for tar
File : nvt/sles9p5016710.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200612-10 (tar)
File : nvt/glsa_200612_10.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: gtar
File : nvt/freebsd_gtar0.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.asc)
File : nvt/freebsdsa_gtar.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1223-1 (tar)
File : nvt/deb_1223_1.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2006-335-01 tar
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2006_335_01.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
30721 GNU tar GNUTYPES_NAMES Record Type Traversal Arbitrary File Overwrite

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2006-0749.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_tar-2344.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-385-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_tar-2343.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_tar-2351.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-03-13 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update which fixes a security issue.
File : macosx_10_4_9.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2006-335-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-219.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-30 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2006-0749.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-30 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2006-0749.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-14 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200612-10.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-04 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1223.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-04 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_3dd7eb5880ae11dbb4ec000854d03344.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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