RHBA-2012:0580 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated tar packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.

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.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, the tar utility was unable to extract (using the "-x" or

"--extract" option) or list (using the "-t" or "list" option) files from an
archive in an older GNU format if the archive contained files with long paths
and if the length of the member name was divisible by the block size of 512.
This happened because tar read an extra block of data after a long name header
and the file pointer was consequently set off. An upstream patch has been
applied to address this problem, and the tar utility now lists and extracts
files as expected under these circumstances. (BZ#813245)

All users of tar are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant
to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red
Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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