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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2021-20193 (11.4 SRU 36.101.2)

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2021-20193 (11.4 SRU 36.101.2)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/26/2021
Created
08/28/2021
Added
08/27/2021
Modified
02/17/2022

Description

A flaw was found in the src/list.c of tar 1.33 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted input file to tar to cause uncontrolled consumption of memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-archiver-gnu-tar-1-34-11-4-36-0-1-101-0

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