SUSE-SU-2016:2895-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162895-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:2895-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2016:2895-1
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Published
2016-11-24T07:36:08Z
Modified
2025-05-08T17:02:05.584880Z
Summary
Security update for tar
Details

This update for tar fixes the following issues:

  • Fix the POINTYFEATHER vulnerability - GNU tar archiver can be tricked into extracting files and directories in the given destination, regardless of the path name(s) specified on the command line [bsc#1007188] [CVE-2016-6321]
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 / tar

Package

Name
tar
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.26-1.2.10.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "tar": "1.26-1.2.10.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:2895-1.json"

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 / tar

Package

Name
tar
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.26-1.2.10.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "tar": "1.26-1.2.10.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:2895-1.json"