Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56393
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-987-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'tar' package(s) announced via the DSA-987-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'tar' package(s) announced via the DSA-987-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Jim Meyering discovered several buffer overflows in GNU tar, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code through specially crafted tar archives. The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.14-2.1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.15.1-3. We recommend that you upgrade your tar package. Affected Software/OS: 'tar' package(s) on Debian 3.1. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.1 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-0300 1015705 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015705 16764 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16764 18973 http://secunia.com/advisories/18973 18976 http://secunia.com/advisories/18976 18999 http://secunia.com/advisories/18999 19016 http://secunia.com/advisories/19016 19093 http://secunia.com/advisories/19093 19130 http://secunia.com/advisories/19130 19152 http://secunia.com/advisories/19152 19236 http://secunia.com/advisories/19236 20042 http://secunia.com/advisories/20042 2006-0010 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0010 23371 http://www.osvdb.org/23371 241646 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-241646-1 24479 http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 24966 http://secunia.com/advisories/24966 480 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/480 543 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/543 ADV-2006-0684 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0684 ADV-2007-0930 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 ADV-2007-1470 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 ADV-2008-2518 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2518 APPLE-SA-2007-03-13 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html APPLE-SA-2007-04-19 http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html DSA-987 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-987 FLSA:183571-2 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430299/100/0/threaded GLSA-200603-06 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-06.xml MDKSA-2006:046 http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:046 OpenPKG-SA-2006.006 http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.006-tar.html RHSA-2006:0232 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0232.html SUSE-SR:2006:005 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html TA07-072A http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html TA07-109A http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html USN-257-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/257-1/ [Bug-tar] 20060220 tar 1.15.90 released http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2006-02/msg00051.html gnu-tar-pax-headers-bo(24855) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24855 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5252 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5252 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5978 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5978 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5993 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5993 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6094 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6094 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9295 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9295
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