Given the past issues with .zip and .rar unpackers, unpacking an archive should
be considered a risky activity. In some sense, opening, accessing, playing, or
otherwise touching any file from an unknown source could be considered risky.
The list of issues with media files, archive files, (or
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--Friday, November 30, 2007, 1:19:49 AM, you wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
An attacker who can convince an user to extract a specially crafted
archive can overwrite arbitrary files with the permissions of the user
running gtar. If that user is root, the attacker can
