TITLE:
Mandriva update for tar

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18976

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18976/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandrakelinux 10.1
http://secunia.com/product/4198/

DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for tar. This fixes a vulnerability,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service) and to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA18973

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

Mandrakelinux 10.1:

8bd49b5e60e1736e771e3907789e37bb 
10.1/RPMS/tar-1.14-1.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
57dc0115bfe997451de8d05375785395 
10.1/SRPMS/tar-1.14-1.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:

c4ad8f0250fef5da4ba2f9097c6190e2 
x86_64/10.1/RPMS/tar-1.14-1.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
57dc0115bfe997451de8d05375785395 
x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/tar-1.14-1.1.101mdk.src.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:046

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA18973:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18973/

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