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 [More...]

====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: perl-Archive-Tar security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2010:0505-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0505.html
Issue date:        2010-07-01
CVE Names:         CVE-2007-4829 
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1. Summary:

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.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - noarch

3. Description:

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.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

295021 - CVE-2007-4829 perl-Archive-Tar directory traversal flaws

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

Source:

noarch:
perl-Archive-Tar-1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

Source:

noarch:
perl-Archive-Tar-1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

Source:

noarch:
perl-Archive-Tar-1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

Source:

noarch:
perl-Archive-Tar-1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):

Source:

noarch:
perl-Archive-Tar-1.39.1-1.el5_5.1.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

Source:

noarch:
perl-Archive-Tar-1.39.1-1.el5_5.1.noarch.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and 
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4829
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is .  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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