The GNU tar program saves many files together in one archive and can restore individual files (or all of the files) from that archive.
GNU tar was found to contain a path traversal vulnerability. A local user could possibly write to arbitrary files as the user creating a tar archive with GNU tar. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) assigned the name CVE-2006-6097 to this issue.
More information about these vulnerabilities can be found in the security advisory issued by RedHat Linux:
| Product: | Affected Version(s): | Risk Level: | Actions: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avaya S87XX/S8500/S8300 | CM 2.x and 3.x | Low | Upgrade to CM 4.0 or later. |
| Avaya Intuity LX | All | Low | See recommended actions below. This issue will be addressed in accordance with Avaya's Product Security Vulnerability Response Policy |
| Avaya EMMC | All | Low | Will not be addresssed as no further releases of EMMC are planned. |
| Avaya Messaging Storage Server | MSS 3.0, 3.1 | Low | Upgrade to MSS 4.0 or later. |
| Avaya Message Networking | All | Low | See recommended actions below. This issue will be addressed in accordance with Avaya's Product Security Vulnerability Response Policy |
| Avaya CCS/SES | SES 4.0 and earlier | Low | Upgrade to SES 5.0 or later. |
Recommended Actions:
For all system products which use
vulnerable
versions of tar, Avaya recommends that customers restrict local and
network
access to the server. This restriction should be enforced through the
use of
physical security, firewalls, ACLs, VPNs, and other
generally-accepted
networking practices until such time as an update becomes available
and can
be installed.
Avaya software-only products operate on general-purpose operating systems. Occasionally vulnerabilities may be discovered in the underlying operating system or applications that come with the operating system. These vulnerabilities often do not impact the software-only product directly but may threaten the integrity of the underlying platform.
In the case of this advisory Avaya software-only products are not affected by the vulnerability directly but the underlying Linux platform may be. Customers should determine on which Linux operating system the product was installed and then follow that vendors guidance.
| Product: | Affected Version(s): | Risk Level: | Actions: |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVLAN | All | Low | See recommended actions below. |
| Avaya Integrated Management Suite(IMS) | All | None | Depending on the Operating System provided by customers, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the IMS application. The IMS application does not require the software described in this advisory. |
Recommended Actions:
Avaya recommends that customers follow
recommended actions supplied by RedHat Linux.
Additional information may also be available via the Avaya support website and through your Avaya account representative. Please contact your Avaya product support representative, or dial 1-800-242-2121, with any questions.
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V 1.0 - January 24, 2007 - Initial Statement issued.
V 2.0 - August 26, 2008 - Changed CM and SES recommended actions.
V 3.0 - February 12, 2009 - Changed MSS affected versions and
recommended actions and EMMC recommended actions.
Send information regarding any discovered security problems with Avaya products to either the contact noted in the product's documentation or [email protected].
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