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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200603-06">
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<title>GNU tar: Buffer overflow</title>
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<synopsis>
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A malicious tar archive could trigger a Buffer overflow in GNU tar,
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potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">tar</product>
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<announced>2006-03-10</announced>
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<revised count="01">2006-03-10</revised>
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<bug>123038</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-arch/tar" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.15.1-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.15.1-r1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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GNU tar is the standard GNU utility for creating and manipulating
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tar archives, a common format used for creating backups and
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distributing files on UNIX-like systems.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Jim Meyering discovered a flaw in the handling of certain header
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fields that could result in a buffer overflow when extracting or
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listing the contents of an archive.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A remote attacker could construct a malicious tar archive that
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could potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
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user running GNU tar.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All GNU tar users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/tar-1.15.1-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0300">CVE-2006-0300</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-03-07T20:43:28Z">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-03-08T16:57:53Z">
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taviso
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-03-10T18:23:47Z">
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koon
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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