Issued:

2012-05-14

Updated:

2012-05-14

RHBA-2012:0580 - tar bug fix update

Synopsis

tar bug fix update

Type/Severity

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 This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• tar-1.15.1-32.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• tar-1.15.1-32.el5_8.i386.rpm
• tar-1.15.1-32.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• tar-1.15.1-32.el5_8.src.rpm
• tar-1.15.1-32.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• tar-1.15.1-32.el5_8.ia64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information

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