Synopsis: Moderate: tar security update Issue date: 2010-03-15 CVE Names: CVE-2007-4476 CVE-2010-0624 CVE-2007-4476 tar/cpio stack crashing in safer_name_suffix CVE-2010-0624 tar, cpio: Heap-based buffer overflow by expanding a specially-crafted archive A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way tar expanded archive files. If a user were tricked into expanding a specially-crafted archive, it could cause the tar executable to crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running tar. (CVE-2010-0624) A denial of service flaw was found in the way tar expanded archive files. If a user expanded a specially-crafted archive, it could cause the tar executable to crash. (CVE-2007-4476) - SL4 and SL5 Only SL 3.0.x SRPMS: tar-1.13.25-16.RHEL3.src.rpm i386: tar-1.13.25-16.RHEL3.i386.rpm x86_64: tar-1.13.25-16.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm SL 4.x SRPMS: tar-1.14-13.el4_8.1.src.rpm i386: tar-1.14-13.el4_8.1.i386.rpm x86_64: tar-1.14-13.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm SL 5.x SRPMS: tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5_4.2.src.rpm i386: tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5_4.2.i386.rpm x86_64: tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm -Connie Sieh -Troy Dawson