Issued:
2007-08-23
Updated:
2007-08-23

RHSA-2007:0860 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: tar security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

Updated tar package that fixes a path traversal flaw is now available.

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

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.

A path traversal flaw was discovered 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 had write access. (CVE-2007-4131)

Red Hat would like to thank Dmitry V. Levin for reporting this issue.

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

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

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 Server 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.5 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 251921 - CVE-2007-4131 tar directory traversal vulnerability

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: bbf70a914a8087d733732c2cf801a6314898e9590f4af4da8f15424b3bd091a8
x86_64
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 994ad71fb8a048834cd8f055d2853c6a455c40f410ab1168dfbf1872c1985b9d
ia64
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 7bc00f44367781afd6a5da6da444e08f1e09f397e2f1773d5f77bb1ba8a87077
i386
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5d071d0fbfb83a2e90d8d7df926822586a44cc627d41caba710a221cd7b29482

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm SHA-256: 4e367402870a97be6b09c4d1994ed81ed066cdfcde8bde1a456bd9ed528eeb17
x86_64
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4c6c6d59fe84c495ed478376dfa7f7c3feb1cc85626c64040abd770e48cd803d
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4c6c6d59fe84c495ed478376dfa7f7c3feb1cc85626c64040abd770e48cd803d
ia64
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: ddd22d8060d19b4a0ded43067bea98d32a591158279a4d91b475afbe798eb703
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: ddd22d8060d19b4a0ded43067bea98d32a591158279a4d91b475afbe798eb703
i386
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 78db3b8fe824eec72195d34191d2aaa50ea812c7383ce711f7f075843a49938f
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 78db3b8fe824eec72195d34191d2aaa50ea812c7383ce711f7f075843a49938f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.5

SRPM
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm SHA-256: 4e367402870a97be6b09c4d1994ed81ed066cdfcde8bde1a456bd9ed528eeb17
x86_64
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4c6c6d59fe84c495ed478376dfa7f7c3feb1cc85626c64040abd770e48cd803d
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4c6c6d59fe84c495ed478376dfa7f7c3feb1cc85626c64040abd770e48cd803d
ia64
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: ddd22d8060d19b4a0ded43067bea98d32a591158279a4d91b475afbe798eb703
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: ddd22d8060d19b4a0ded43067bea98d32a591158279a4d91b475afbe798eb703
i386
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 78db3b8fe824eec72195d34191d2aaa50ea812c7383ce711f7f075843a49938f
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 78db3b8fe824eec72195d34191d2aaa50ea812c7383ce711f7f075843a49938f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: bbf70a914a8087d733732c2cf801a6314898e9590f4af4da8f15424b3bd091a8
x86_64
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 994ad71fb8a048834cd8f055d2853c6a455c40f410ab1168dfbf1872c1985b9d
i386
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5d071d0fbfb83a2e90d8d7df926822586a44cc627d41caba710a221cd7b29482

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm SHA-256: 4e367402870a97be6b09c4d1994ed81ed066cdfcde8bde1a456bd9ed528eeb17
x86_64
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4c6c6d59fe84c495ed478376dfa7f7c3feb1cc85626c64040abd770e48cd803d
ia64
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: ddd22d8060d19b4a0ded43067bea98d32a591158279a4d91b475afbe798eb703
i386
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 78db3b8fe824eec72195d34191d2aaa50ea812c7383ce711f7f075843a49938f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: bbf70a914a8087d733732c2cf801a6314898e9590f4af4da8f15424b3bd091a8
x86_64
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 994ad71fb8a048834cd8f055d2853c6a455c40f410ab1168dfbf1872c1985b9d
i386
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5d071d0fbfb83a2e90d8d7df926822586a44cc627d41caba710a221cd7b29482

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm SHA-256: 4e367402870a97be6b09c4d1994ed81ed066cdfcde8bde1a456bd9ed528eeb17
x86_64
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4c6c6d59fe84c495ed478376dfa7f7c3feb1cc85626c64040abd770e48cd803d
i386
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 78db3b8fe824eec72195d34191d2aaa50ea812c7383ce711f7f075843a49938f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: bbf70a914a8087d733732c2cf801a6314898e9590f4af4da8f15424b3bd091a8
s390x
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dd1517a008364dd07c870ebef1c5a7dbe64f08d3bb0f18252828c5017f485b4c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm SHA-256: 4e367402870a97be6b09c4d1994ed81ed066cdfcde8bde1a456bd9ed528eeb17
s390x
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1162c84699e0dce3b76011a2839ac692ad5f6b950d61213c12154eeeab9e06a5
s390
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.s390.rpm SHA-256: 870cf75bf7110de02e981d10088b59c52eb7ef92eaf9e07fa42f9ed7247f6811

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.5

SRPM
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm SHA-256: 4e367402870a97be6b09c4d1994ed81ed066cdfcde8bde1a456bd9ed528eeb17
s390x
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1162c84699e0dce3b76011a2839ac692ad5f6b950d61213c12154eeeab9e06a5
s390
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.s390.rpm SHA-256: 870cf75bf7110de02e981d10088b59c52eb7ef92eaf9e07fa42f9ed7247f6811

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: bbf70a914a8087d733732c2cf801a6314898e9590f4af4da8f15424b3bd091a8
ppc
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 14160b15dfda18a25cbebaafb50953af71ffad224e422311cca4f01d2d6cd9cd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm SHA-256: 4e367402870a97be6b09c4d1994ed81ed066cdfcde8bde1a456bd9ed528eeb17
ppc
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 94df8713789b2c3aeabd0c2a98610b4a9ca355e727adfcda628cc9159b3e5a90

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.5

SRPM
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.src.rpm SHA-256: 4e367402870a97be6b09c4d1994ed81ed066cdfcde8bde1a456bd9ed528eeb17
ppc
tar-1.14-12.5.1.RHEL4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 94df8713789b2c3aeabd0c2a98610b4a9ca355e727adfcda628cc9159b3e5a90

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: bbf70a914a8087d733732c2cf801a6314898e9590f4af4da8f15424b3bd091a8
x86_64
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 994ad71fb8a048834cd8f055d2853c6a455c40f410ab1168dfbf1872c1985b9d
i386
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5d071d0fbfb83a2e90d8d7df926822586a44cc627d41caba710a221cd7b29482

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