Debian Linux Security Advisory 4255-1 - Danny Grander reported that the unzip and untar tasks in ant, a Java based build tool like make, allow the extraction of files outside a target directory. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw by submitting a specially crafted Zip or Tar archive to an ant build to overwrite any file writable by the user running ant.
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Ubuntu Security Notice 3721-1 - Danny Grander discovered that Apache Ant incorrectly handled certain compressed files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files.
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