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>> FreeBSD Security Update Fixes Gtar File Handling Directory Traversal

Title : FreeBSD Security Update Fixes Gtar File Handling Directory Traversal
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-4054
CVE ID : CVE-2007-4131
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-12-03

Technical Description

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A vulnerability has been identified in FreeBSD, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions. This issue is caused by an error in Gtar. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2958

Affected Products

FreeBSD 5.x

Solution

Apply patch :
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-07:10/gtar.patch
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-07:10/gtar.patch.asc

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4054
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:10.gtar.asc

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Dmitry V. Levinx.

ChangeLog

2007-12-03 : Initial release

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