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[CSS] POINTYFEATHER / tar extract pathname bypass (CVE-2016-6321) - patch update


From: Harry Sintonen <fulldisclosure () kyber fi>
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 03:03:07 +0200 (EET)

Update on the advisory: As pointed out by several people, the ERROR
macro did't fail the operation in a desired way: Files were still
being created by tar. In order to really stop tar from doing silly
things, FATAL_ERROR macro needs to be used instead.

The patch has now been updated accordingly.

Updated Advisory: https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-extract-pathname-bypass.proper.txt

Updated Patch:
https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-extract-pathname-bypass.patch

NOTE: Ideas on how to make tar safely skip such entries instead of
failing the whole operating are welcome.

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