vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2021-33644: out-of-bounds read in gnu_longname (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C) | Aug 10, 2022 | May 17, 2023 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 10, 2022
Added
May 17, 2023
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
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_longname, causing an out-of-bounds read.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-libtarredhat-upgrade-libtar-debuginforedhat-upgrade-libtar-debugsource
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