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TITLE:
Sun Solaris 9 GNU Tar PAX Extended Headers Handling Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31700

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31700/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 9
http://secunia.com/product/95/

DESCRIPTION:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in GNU Tar included in Solaris,
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

The vulnerability is reported in Solaris 9 with patch 118191-01
(SPARC platform) or 118192-01 (x86 platform).

SOLUTION:
Do not process tar files from untrusted sources.

A final resolution is pending completion.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-241646-1

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

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