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TITLE:
Sun Solaris 10 GNU Tar PAX Extended Headers Handling Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31766

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31766/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sun Solaris 10
http://secunia.com/product/4813/

DESCRIPTION:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in GNU Tar 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 10 for both the SPARC and
x86 platforms.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

-- SPARC Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 139099-01 or later.

OpenSolaris:
Fixed in build snv_81 or later.

-- x86 Platform --

Solaris 10:
Apply patch 139100-01 or later.

OpenSolaris:
Fixed in build snv_81 or later.

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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