openSUSE Security Update: tar security update ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2010:0189-1 Rating: low References: #579475 Cross-References: CVE-2010-0624 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.2 openSUSE 11.1 openSUSE 11.0 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: A malicious remote tape server could cause a buffer overflow in tar. In order to exploit that an attacker would have to trick the victim to extract a file that causes tar to open a connection to the rmt server (CVE-2010-0624). It's advisable to always use tar's --force-local local option to avoid such tricks. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.2: zypper in -t patch tar-2127 - openSUSE 11.1: zypper in -t patch tar-2127 - openSUSE 11.0: zypper in -t patch tar-2127 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.2 (i586 src x86_64): tar-1.21-4.3.1 - openSUSE 11.2 (noarch): tar-lang-1.21-4.3.1 - openSUSE 11.1 (i586 ppc src x86_64): tar-1.20-23.12.1 - openSUSE 11.0 (i586 ppc src x86_64): tar-1.19-35.2 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0624.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/579475