Dmitry V. Levin discovered that tar did not correctly detect the “..” file path element when unpacking archives. If a user or an automated system were tricked into unpacking a specially crafted tar file, arbitrary files could be overwritten with user privileges.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
28 August 2007
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Dmitry V. Levin discovered that tar did not correctly detect the “..” file path element when unpacking archives. If a user or an automated system were tricked into unpacking a specially crafted tar file, arbitrary files could be overwritten with user privileges.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
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