CentOS 3 / 4 : tar (CESA-2006:0749)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 23941

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated tar packages that fix a path traversal flaw are now available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The GNU tar program saves many files together in one archive and can restore individual files (or all of the files) from that archive.

Teemu Salmela discovered a path traversal flaw in the way GNU tar extracted archives. A malicious user could create a tar archive that could write to arbitrary files to which the user running GNU tar has write access. (CVE-2006-6097)

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

Solution

Update the affected tar package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 23941

File Name: centos_RHSA-2006-0749.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 12/30/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tar

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/23/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/24/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6097

RHSA: 2006:0749

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