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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201402-19">
<title>libtar: Arbitraty code execution</title>
<synopsis>A buffer overflow in libtar might allow remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">libtar</product>
<announced>2014-02-21</announced>
<revised count="1">2014-02-21</revised>
<bug>487420</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="dev-libs/libtar" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">1.2.20-r2</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">1.2.20-r2</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>libtar is a C library for manipulating POSIX tar files.</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>An integer overflow error within the “th_read()” function when
processing long names or link extensions can be exploited to cause a
heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted archive.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file
using a program linked against libtar, possibly resulting in execution of
arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service
condition.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All libtar users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-libs/libtar-1.2.20-r2"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4397">CVE-2013-4397</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2013-10-28T17:33:28Z">
pinkbyte
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-02-21T07:32:05Z">
pinkbyte
</metadata>
</glsa>