Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:50:45 -0000 From: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> To: dwbear75@gmail.com Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WARNING! New GNU Tar in 5-CURRENT could erroneously createworld writeable dirs Message-ID: <20020606210833.W28206-100000@blues.jpj.net> In-Reply-To: <200206062245.g56Mjq319565@vega.vega.com>
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> I've just noticed that something wrong with the new tar in the base > system (1.13.25) - when extracting some archives it creates 777 dirs, > while permissions in the archive itself are OK (for example GNU make > make-3.79.1.tar.gz - top level dir gets 777 as well as several > other lowel level dirs). The issue is under investigation. The latest version on ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/ is 1.13. The ones on ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar/ (and everything else on that site) are considered unstable. I suppose it's too late to suggest tar 1.13 as a starting point, but maybe this could be kept in mind when importing other GNU products. -- Trevor Johnson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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