openSUSE 15.0: 2019:1237-1 Moderate: Tar Denial Of Service
opensuse
April 18, 2019
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
Description
This update for tar fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2019-9923: Fixed a denial of service while parsing certain archives
with malformed extended headers in pax_decode_header() (bsc#1130496).
- CVE-2018-20482: Fixed a denial of service when the '--sparse' option
mishandles file shrinkage during read access (bsc#1120610).
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 15.0:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-1237=1
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):
tar-1.30-lp150.7.1
tar-debuginfo-1.30-lp150.7.1
tar-debugsource-1.30-lp150.7.1
tar-rmt-1.30-lp150.7.1
tar-rmt-debuginfo-1.30-lp150.7.1
tar-tests-1.30-lp150.7.1
tar-tests-debuginfo-1.30-lp150.7.1
- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (noarch):
tar-backup-scripts-1.30-lp150.7.1
tar-doc-1.30-lp150.7.1
tar-lang-1.30-lp150.7.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20482.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9923.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1120610
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1130496
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:1237-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.0
Topics Covered
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