:Mandriva has issued an update for tar. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system.For more information:SA26573Solution:Apply updated packages.– Mandriva Linux 2007 –8f82a3a1e903928948584afac733c0be 2007.0/i586/tar-1.15.91-1.2mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 65e7c9a6300a397c71cbfe1c1854e491 2007.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.91-1.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm– Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64 –e4d6a38673a213ee0011624ecd6b5667 2007.0/x86_64/tar-1.15.91-1.2mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 65e7c9a6300a397c71cbfe1c1854e491 2007.0/SRPMS/tar-1.15.91-1.2mdv2007.0.src.rpmOriginal Advisory:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:173Other References:SA26573:http://secunia.com/advisories/26573/

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