RHSA-2010:0505Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: perl-Archive-Tar security update

Published
July 1, 2010
Last Modified
November 21, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2007-4829 →

📋 Description

CVE-2007-4829 — perl-Archive-Tar directory traversal flaws

🎯 Affected products18

  • 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
  • perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • perl-Archive-Tar-1:1.39.1-1.el5_5.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • perl-Archive-Tar-1:1.39.1-1.el5_5.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • perl-Archive-Tar-1:1.39.1-1.el5_5.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • perl-Archive-Tar-1:1.39.1-1.el5_5.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

✅ 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)