SUSE-SU-2016:2896-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:2896-1

    Published: 24 Nov 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-6321
    Aliases:
    CVE-2016-6321

    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] - Fix Amanda integration issue (bsc#913058)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162896-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1007188, https://bugzilla.suse.com/913058, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6321

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tar

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.27.1-11.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High