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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.1
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade libtar | May 23, 2023 | Aug 10, 2022 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade libtar-debugsourceUpgrade libtar-debuginfoUpgrade libtar | May 17, 2023 | Aug 10, 2022 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade libtar | Jan 30, 2025 | Aug 10, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade libtar | Nov 4, 2022 | Aug 10, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade libtar | Feb 9, 2023 | Aug 10, 2022 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade libtar | May 24, 2023 | Aug 10, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade libtarUpgrade libtar-debugsourceUpgrade libtar-debuginfoNo solution exists | May 17, 2023 | Aug 10, 2022 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade libtarUpgrade libtar-debuginfoUpgrade libtar-debugsource | Dec 29, 2025 | Dec 27, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libtar0t64Upgrade libtar0 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libtar-devUpgrade libtar-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libtar0 | Apr 1, 2025 | Aug 10, 2022 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Aug 9, 2022 |
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