RLSA-2023:2898
- Source
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:2898
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2023:2898.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2023:2898
- Upstream
- Published
- 2025-12-27T09:04:03.511459Z
- Modified
- 2025-12-27T09:29:56.479725Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Moderate: libtar security update
- Details
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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 Rocky Linux 8.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.
- References
- Credits
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- Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
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- Red Hat
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Affected packages
Rocky Linux:8 / libtar
Package
- Name
- libtar
- Purl
- pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/libtar?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0