Issued:

2010-03-15

Updated:

2010-03-15

RHSA-2010:0142 - Moderate: tar security update

Synopsis

Moderate: tar security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

An updated tar package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

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 heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way tar expanded archive files. If a user were tricked into expanding a specially-crafted archive, it could cause the tar executable to crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running tar. (CVE-2010-0624)

Red Hat would like to thank Jakob Lell for responsibly reporting this issue.

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

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.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• tar-1.13.25-16.RHEL3.ppc.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 564368

CVEs

• CVE-2010-0624

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.