Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200612-10.
Solution
All Tar users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-arch/tar-1.16-r2'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200612-10 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155901
Insight
Tar is vulnerable to directory traversal possibly allowing for the overwriting of arbitrary files.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2006-6097 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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