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Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-33643: ELSA-2023-2898: libtar security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-33643: ELSA-2023-2898: libtar security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/10/2022
Created
05/25/2023
Added
05/24/2023
Modified
11/28/2024

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

References

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