Debian DLA-690-1 : tar security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 94447

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in the tar package that could allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files through crafted files.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.26+dfsg-0.1+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tar packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected tar package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94447

File Name: debian_DLA-690.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/1/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tar, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/31/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6321

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