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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/tar.xml | 5 |
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diff --git a/chapter06/tar.xml b/chapter06/tar.xml index 2d04c4364..ee06b442e 100644 --- a/chapter06/tar.xml +++ b/chapter06/tar.xml @@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&tar-sparse_fix-patch;</userinput></screen> + <para>Recent versions of tar are vulnerable to a buffer overflow from + specially crafted archives. The following patch addresses this:</para> + +<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&tar-security_fixes-patch;</userinput></screen> + <para>Prepare Tar for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --libexecdir=/usr/sbin</userinput></screen> |