Re: buffer overflow in GNU tar-1.13

[Antonomasia]

From: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <address@hidden>

> Current versions of tar (1.13.17, 1.13.18) are not affected.

> bash-2.04$ tar cvf localhost:/`perl -e 'print "A"x5000;'` /tmp tar:

Did you try lengths around 50-100 chars (under PATH_MAX and such) ?
Do RH tar patches fix this ?   (I confirmed it this morning on
a pristine GNU tar 1.13)

> LLaP

atyd


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