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gtar -- buffer overflow in rmt client

Description:

Jakob Lell reports:

The rmt client implementation of GNU Tar/Cpio contains a heap-based buffer overflow which possibly allows arbitrary code execution.

The problem can be exploited when using an untrusted/compromised rmt server.

References:

Affects:

portaudit: gtar -- buffer overflow in rmt client

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Oliver Eikemeier <eik@FreeBSD.org>