Debian Security Advisory

DLA-690-1 tar -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

31 Oct 2016

Affected Packages:

tar

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 842339.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-6321.

More information:

A vulnerability has been discovered in the tar package that could allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files through crafted files.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 1.26+dfsg-0.1+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tar packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS