--- pax-3.4/src/tar.c.abs100	2005-08-01 18:17:58.000000000 +0200

+++ pax-3.4/src/tar.c	2007-06-20 10:44:54.000000000 +0200

@@ -1181,6 +1181,14 @@ name_split (name, len)

    * prefix we can find)

    */

   start = name + len - TNMSZ;

+  /* if filename is absolute and exactly TNMSZ in length,

+   * before we invoke the strict interpretation of /str below, we

+   * check to see if there is another slash further along which

+   * would allow a safe split. if this search fails then we hit

+   * the end of the string and fail in a similar manner

+   */

+  if((start == name) && (*start == '/'))

+    ++start;

   while ((*start != '\0') && (*start != '/'))

     ++start;