ELSA-2010-0141 Moderate: Enterprise Linux tar security update
8
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
09/04/2007
07/25/2018
12/20/2011
04/11/2019
Description
Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."
Solution(s)
- oracle-linux-upgrade-tar
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