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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-9923: Security patch for tar (ALAS-2023-2064)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-9923: Security patch for tar (ALAS-2023-2064)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/22/2019
Created
06/06/2023
Added
06/06/2023
Modified
06/06/2023

Description

pax_decode_header in sparse.c in GNU Tar before 1.32 had a NULL pointer dereference when parsing certain archives that have malformed extended headers.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-tar
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-tar-debuginfo

References

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