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FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.asc)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.asc
Insight
Insight
GNU tar (gtar) is a utility to create and extract tape archives, commonly known as tar files. GNU tar is included in FreeBSD 4.x as /usr/bin/tar, and in FreeBSD 5.x as /usr/bin/gtar. Symlinks created using the GNUTYPE_NAMES tar extension can be absolute due to lack of proper sanity checks.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade your system to the appropriate stable release or security branch dated after the correction date https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.asc