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CentOS 4 / 5 : perl-Archive-Tar (CESA-2010:0505)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 47703

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated perl-Archive-Tar package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The Archive::Tar module provides a mechanism for Perl scripts to manipulate tar archive files.

Multiple directory traversal flaws were discovered in the Archive::Tar module. A specially crafted tar file could cause a Perl script, using the Archive::Tar module to extract the archive, to overwrite an arbitrary file writable by the user running the script.
(CVE-2007-4829)

This package upgrades the Archive::Tar module to version 1.39_01.
Refer to the Archive::Tar module's changes file, linked to in the References, for a full list of changes.

Users of perl-Archive-Tar are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which corrects these issues. All applications using the Archive::Tar module must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected perl-archive-tar package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?74b4d107

http://www.nessus.org/u?6890cf7e

http://www.nessus.org/u?1f1b09e7

http://www.nessus.org/u?80125ec9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 47703

File Name: centos_RHSA-2010-0505.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/13/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

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:centos:centos:perl-archive-tar, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4829

BID: 26355

CWE: 22

RHSA: 2010:0505