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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-9923: Security patch for tar (ALAS-2023-1755)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-9923: Security patch for tar (ALAS-2023-1755)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/22/2019
Created
06/08/2023
Added
06/07/2023
Modified
06/07/2023

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-upgrade-tar

References

  • ALAS-2023-1755
  • CVE-2019-9923
  • USN-4692-1

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