Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Mandriva, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions [...]

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages :

Mandriva Linux 2007.0:
8f82a3a1e903928948584afac733c0be 2007.0/i586/tar-1.15.91-1.2mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
65e7c9a6300a397c71cbfe1c1854e491 2007.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.91-1.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64:
e4d6a38673a213ee0011624ecd6b5667 2007.0/x86_64/tar-1.15.91-1.2mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
65e7c9a6300a397c71cbfe1c1854e491 2007.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.91-1.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.1:
003db92130c44646c89d127db26a4fd8 2007.1/i586/tar-1.16-3.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
d929dd2ef2716987b8890542fb762693 2007.1/SRPMS/tar-1.16-3.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64:
92323c0cb0bd466e2a35e6b02f01778b 2007.1/x86_64/tar-1.16-3.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
d929dd2ef2716987b8890542fb762693 2007.1/SRPMS/tar-1.16-3.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm

Corporate 4.0:
ecc995d361f75e3618cb23e000f012cf corporate/4.0/i586/tar-1.15.1-5.3.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
1831cb7c8437d7f68c6e53d3980a0049 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.1-5.3.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

Corporate 4.0/X86_64:
61513a4da673ea8d5ffb4fe26f346488 corporate/4.0/x86_64/tar-1.15.1-5.3.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
1831cb7c8437d7f68c6e53d3980a0049 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.1-5.3.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

ChangeLog

2007-09-05 : Initial release

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