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FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-07:10.gtar.asc)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
FreeBSD Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-07:10.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 5.x as /usr/bin/gtar. Insufficient sanity checking of paths containing '.' and '..' allows gtar to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
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-07:10.gtar.asc