ALSA-2023:2898

Source
https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-2898.html
Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2023:2898.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2023:2898
Related
  • CVE-2021-33643
  • CVE-2021-33644
  • CVE-2021-33645
  • CVE-2021-33646
Published
2023-05-16T00:00:00Z
Modified
2023-05-19T22:00:43Z
Summary
Moderate: libtar security update
Details

The libtar packages contain a C library for manipulating tar archives. The library supports both the strict POSIX tar format and many of the commonly used GNU extensions.

Security Fix(es):

  • libtar: out-of-bounds read in gnu_longlink (CVE-2021-33643)
  • libtar: out-of-bounds read in gnu_longname (CVE-2021-33644)
  • libtar: memory leak found in th_read() function (CVE-2021-33645)
  • libtar: memory leak found in th_read() function (CVE-2021-33646)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 / libtar

Package

Name
libtar

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.20-17.el8