openSUSE 10 Security Update : tar (tar-4170)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27465

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a bug in function safer_name_suffix() of tar which leads to a crashing stack. Exploitability is unknown.

Solution

Update the affected tar package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27465

File Name: suse_tar-4170.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tar, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/23/2007