[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: libtar-1.2.11-26.fc19

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2013-18808
2013-10-11 01:00:27
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Name        : libtar
Product     : Fedora 19
Version     : 1.2.11
Release     : 26.fc19
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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ChangeLog:

* Thu Oct 10 2013 Kamil Dudka <kdudka at redhat.com> - 1.2.11-26
- 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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