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TITLE:
Debian update for tar

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23163

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23163/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid
http://secunia.com/product/530/
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
http://secunia.com/product/5307/

DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for tar. This fixes a security issue,
which can be exploited by malicious people to overwrite arbitrary
files.

For more information:
SA23115

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge --

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 1485633 3094544702b1affa32d969f0b6459663
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 51004 d6513454cbe12eec5908c2b41253f843
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 554 85503d4264d7b39c7969051c3661fa96

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 520736 4b14a87c6e8b4dda327d802eddcf9af7

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 503902 98a8169210eb273252a7997c726c4333

arm architecture (ARM)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 500266 49ef1817d4ee1753f66bd37be8f91455

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 517810 5f48745a747ee36c330d97f3bc5cc980

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 499560 c764b0894f6c3317a78124177cfed9fe

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 543432 0dc8b4d66a82d05d7b68f2dbee960791

m68k architecture (Motorola Mc680x0)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 489058 381e468152e0a5a37113f412f13d85a7

mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 520512 29bc4c6133bfeb259175fea45277a647

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 520258 ed3b0aadf8720c97a1df6334a90efe3c

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 506908 3a57a912dc159ee20d47ca1591a68619

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 511972 79cb92aaeee839c2d82efe743a8cea59

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tar/tar_1.14-2.3_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 499698 d260b9f5db00b12414d6136c63e37202

-- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid --

Reportedly, this problem will be fixed in version 1.16-2.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1223

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA23115:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23115/

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