Referenced CVEs:
CVE-2007-4476
Description:
=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-709-1 January 15, 2009 tar vulnerability CVE-2007-4476 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 7.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: tar 1.15.1-2ubuntu2.3 Ubuntu 7.10: tar 1.18-2ubuntu1.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Dmitry V. Levin discovered a buffer overflow in tar. If a user or automatated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted tar file, an attacker could crash tar or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.