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Fedora 11 : tar-1.22-5.fc11 (2010-4306)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 47350
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Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
- CVE-2010-0624 tar, cpio: Heap-based buffer overflow by expanding a specially crafted archive (#572149) - realloc within check_exclusion_tags() caused invalid write (#570591) - not closing file descriptors for excluded files/dirs with exlude-tag... options could cause descriptor exhaustion (#570591) - do not fail with POSIX 2008 glibc futimens() (#552320) - fix segfault with corrupted metadata in code_ns_fraction (#531441) - commented patches and sources - store xattrs for symlinks (#525992) - by Kamil Dudka - update tar(1) manpage (#539787) - fix memory leak in xheader (#518079)- store SELinux context for symlinks (#525992) - provide symlink manpage for gtar - do process install-info only without --excludedocs(#515923)
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Solution
Update the affected tar package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 47350
File Name: fedora_2010-4306.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 7/1/2010
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:tar, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:11
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-0624
BID: 38628
FEDORA: 2010-4306