Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.asc
Solution
Upgrade your system to the appropriate stable release or security branch dated after the correction date
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.asc
Insight
GNU tar (gtar) is a utility to create and extract tape archives, commonly known as tar files. GNU tar is included in FreeBSD 4.x as /usr/bin/tar, and in FreeBSD 5.x as /usr/bin/gtar.
Symlinks created using the GNUTYPE_NAMES tar extension can be absolute due to lack of proper sanity checks.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2006-6097 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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