[Secure-testing-team] Bug#725938: libtar: CVE-2013-4397: Integer overflow

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Package: libtar
Severity: grave
Tags: security upstream patch fixed-upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libtar.

CVE-2013-4397[0]:
Integer overflow

Upstream announcement is at [1] and the commit fixing this issue is at
[2]. 1.2.20 upstream fixes this issues too. But see also [3].

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4397
    http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4397
[1] https://lists.feep.net:8080/pipermail/libtar/2013-October/000361.html
[2] http://repo.or.cz/w/libtar.git/commit/45448e8bae671c2f7e80b860ae0fc0cedf2bdc04
[3] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/10/8

Regards,
Salvatore