Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : tar (MDKSA-2007:173)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25983

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

Dmitry V. Levin discovered a path traversal flaw in how GNU tar extracted archives. A malicious user could create a tar archive that could write to arbitrary fiels that the user running tar has write access to.

Updated packages have been patched to prevent these issues.

Solution

Update the affected tar package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25983

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2007-173.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 9/5/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:tar, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4131

BID: 25417

MDKSA: 2007:173

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