RHSA-2010:0141Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: tar security update

Published
March 15, 2010
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2007-4476 →CVE-2010-0624 →

📋 Description

CVE-2007-4476 — tar/cpio stack crashing in safer_name_suffix CVE-2010-0624 — cpio: Heap-based buffer overflow by expanding a specially-crafted archive

🎯 Affected products54

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • tar-0:1.14-13.el4_8.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • tar-0:1.14-13.el4_8.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • tar-0:1.14-13.el4_8.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • tar-0:1.14-13.el4_8.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • tar-0:1.14-13.el4_8.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • tar-0:1.14-13.el4_8.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • tar-0:1.14-13.el4_8.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • tar-0:1.14-13.el4_8.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • tar-0:1.14-13.el4_8.1.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • tar-0:1.14-13.el4_8.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • tar-0:1.14-13.el4_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • tar-0:1.14-13.el4_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • tar-0:1.14-13.el4_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • tar-0:1.14-13.el4_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • tar-0:1.14-13.el4_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • tar-0:1.14-13.el4_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • tar-0:1.14-13.el4_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • tar-0:1.14-13.el4_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • tar-2:1.15.1-23.0.1.el5_4.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • tar-2:1.15.1-23.0.1.el5_4.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • tar-2:1.15.1-23.0.1.el5_4.2.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • tar-2:1.15.1-23.0.1.el5_4.2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • tar-2:1.15.1-23.0.1.el5_4.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • tar-2:1.15.1-23.0.1.el5_4.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (5)