Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-33643: ELSA-2023-2898: libtar security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)
Description
An attacker who submits a crafted tar file with size in header struct being 0 may be able to trigger an calling of malloc(0) for a variable gnu_longlink, causing an out-of-bounds read. A flaw was found in libtar. This flaw allows an attacker who submits a crafted tar file with the size in the header struct being 0 to trigger a calling of malloc(0) for a variable gnu_longlink, causing an out-of-bounds read.
Solution(s)
- oracle-linux-upgrade-libtar
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