TITLE:
Red Hat update for tar

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18988

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18988/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/48/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2534/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1306/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
http://secunia.com/product/2535/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1044/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2536/
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
http://secunia.com/product/1326/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for tar. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause files to be
extracted to arbitrary locations on a user's system.

The vulnerability is related to:
SA7173

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0195.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA7173:
http://secunia.com/advisories/7173/

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