CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
86.6%
New tar packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1,
10.2, and 11.0 to fix a security issue.
More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2006-6097
Here are the details from the Slackware 11.0 ChangeLog:
patches/packages/tar-1.16-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz:
Upgraded to tar-1.16.
This fixes an issue where files may be extracted outside of the current
directory, possibly allowing a malicious tar archive, when extracted, to
overwrite any of the user’s files (in the case of root, any file on the
system).
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2006-6097
(* Security fix *)
Where to find the new packages:
HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
from ftp.slackware.com.
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the “Get Slack” section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 8.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/tar-1.16-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 9.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/tar-1.16-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 9.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/tar-1.16-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/tar-1.16-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 10.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/tar-1.16-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/tar-1.16-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/tar-1.16-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
MD5 signatures:
Slackware 8.1 package:
7c9534ea20e4dea9481d2e5389ccb028 tar-1.16-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
Slackware 9.0 package:
876549ce9871fe255e53f6941d652955 tar-1.16-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz
Slackware 9.1 package:
c1de51bb69fbecd26c9b7ee317b92fa7 tar-1.16-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz
Slackware 10.0 package:
75e329799b7bf0d536fab1debea5c301 tar-1.16-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz
Slackware 10.1 package:
7a97719499b08cefb77fb0aaee4e2a80 tar-1.16-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz
Slackware 10.2 package:
c64be78f5930f9e9557f5ec8b783b7ec tar-1.16-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz
Slackware 11.0 package:
9832de4337bd8e1bd6e43c18e06885dc tar-1.16-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
Installation instructions:
Upgrade the packages as root:
> upgradepkg tar-1.16-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Slackware | 8.1 | i386 | tar | < 1.16 | tar-1.16-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz |
Slackware | 9.0 | i386 | tar | < 1.16 | tar-1.16-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz |
Slackware | 9.1 | i486 | tar | < 1.16 | tar-1.16-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz |
Slackware | 10.0 | i486 | tar | < 1.16 | tar-1.16-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz |
Slackware | 10.1 | i486 | tar | < 1.16 | tar-1.16-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz |
Slackware | 10.2 | i486 | tar | < 1.16 | tar-1.16-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz |
Slackware | 11.0 | i486 | tar | < 1.16 | tar-1.16-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz |