Security update for tar

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:2895-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-6321 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for tar fixes the following issues:

  • Fix the POINTYFEATHER vulnerability - GNU tar archiver can be tricked into extracting files and directories in the given destination, regardless of the path name(s) specified on the command line [bsc#1007188] [CVE-2016-6321]

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-tar-12854=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-tar-12854=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • tar-1.26-1.2.10.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • tar-1.26-1.2.10.1

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