Technical Description

OpenPKG has released updated packages to address a vulnerability identified in GNU Tar. This flaw could be exploited by malicious people to conduct directory traversal attacks. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4717

Affected Products

OpenPKG E1.0-SOLID
OpenPKG 2-STABLE-20061018
OpenPKG 2-STABLE
OpenPKG CURRENT

Solution

Upgrade the affected package :
http://www.openpkg.org/product/packages/?package=tar

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4915
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.038.html

ChangeLog

2006-12-09 : Initial release

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