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openSUSE 15.6 Tar Important File Overwrite Vulnerability 2026-1177-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey April 2, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical security update for tar in openSUSE 15.6 addressing directory traversal issue with important patching instructions.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for tar fixes the following issue:

* CVE-2025-45582: file overwrite via directory traversal in crafted TAR

archives (bsc#1246399).

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security advisory directory traversal file overwrite important tar OpenSUSE

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-1177=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-1177=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-1177=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-1177=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-1177=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-1177=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-1177=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-1177=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise...

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Package List

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* tar-debugsource-1.34-150000.3.37.1

* tar-debuginfo-1.34-150000.3.37.1

* tar-1.34-150000.3.37.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* tar-debugsource-1.34-150000.3.37.1

* tar-debuginfo-1.34-150000.3.37.1

* tar-1.34-150000.3.37.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* tar-debugsource-1.34-150000.3.37.1

* tar-debuginfo-1.34-150000.3.37.1

* tar-1.34-150000.3.37.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* tar-debugsource-1.34-150000.3.37.1

* tar-debuginfo-1.34-150000.3.37.1

* tar-1.34-150000.3.37.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* tar-debugsource-1.34-150000.3.37.1

* tar-debuginfo-1.34-150000.3.37.1

* tar-1.34-150000.3.37.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* tar-rmt-1.34-150000.3.37.1

* tar-debuginfo-1.34-150000.3.37.1

* tar-1.34-150000.3.37.1

* tar-debugsource-1.34-150000.3.37.1

* tar-rmt-debuginfo-1.34-150000.3.37.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1246399

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-45582.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246399

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1177-1
Release Date: 2026-04-02T15:01:24Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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