[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: libtar-1.2.11-27.fc20
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Sun Nov 10 07:51:07 UTC 2013
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2013-18877
2013-10-11 16:27:44
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Name : libtar
Product : Fedora 20
Version : 1.2.11
Release : 27.fc20
URL : http://www.feep.net/libtar/
Summary : Tar file manipulation API
Description :
libtar is a C library for manipulating tar archives. It supports both
the strict POSIX tar format and many of the commonly-used GNU
extensions.
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Update Information:
fix CVE-2013-4397: buffer overflows by expanding a specially-crafted archive
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1014492 - CVE-2013-4397 libtar: Heap-based buffer overflows by expanding a specially-crafted archive
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1014492
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