openSUSE 10 Security Update : tar (tar-2343)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27462

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This security update fixes a directory traversal in tar, where unpacked symlinks could be followed outside of the directory where the tar file is unpacked. (CVE-2006-6097)

This feature was made optional and needs to be enabled with a commandline option.

Solution

Update the affected tar package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27462

File Name: suse_tar-2343.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tar, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6097

Detections

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