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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: libtar security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2023:2898-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2898
Issue date:        2023-05-16
CVE Names:         CVE-2021-33643 CVE-2021-33644 CVE-2021-33645 
                   CVE-2021-33646 
====================================================================
1. Summary:

An update for libtar is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

The libtar packages contain a C library for manipulating tar archives. The
library supports both the strict POSIX tar format and many of the commonly
used GNU extensions.

Security Fix(es):

* libtar: out-of-bounds read in gnu_longlink (CVE-2021-33643)

* libtar: out-of-bounds read in gnu_longname (CVE-2021-33644)

* libtar: memory leak found in th_read() function (CVE-2021-33645)

* libtar: memory leak found in th_read() function (CVE-2021-33646)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

2121289 - CVE-2021-33643 libtar: out-of-bounds read in gnu_longlink
2121292 - CVE-2021-33644 libtar: out-of-bounds read in gnu_longname
2121295 - CVE-2021-33645 libtar: memory leak found in th_read() function
2121297 - CVE-2021-33646 libtar: memory leak found in th_read() function

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):

Source:
libtar-1.2.20-17.el8.src.rpm

aarch64:
libtar-1.2.20-17.el8.aarch64.rpm
libtar-debuginfo-1.2.20-17.el8.aarch64.rpm
libtar-debugsource-1.2.20-17.el8.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
libtar-1.2.20-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libtar-debuginfo-1.2.20-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libtar-debugsource-1.2.20-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
libtar-1.2.20-17.el8.s390x.rpm
libtar-debuginfo-1.2.20-17.el8.s390x.rpm
libtar-debugsource-1.2.20-17.el8.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
libtar-1.2.20-17.el8.i686.rpm
libtar-1.2.20-17.el8.x86_64.rpm
libtar-debuginfo-1.2.20-17.el8.i686.rpm
libtar-debuginfo-1.2.20-17.el8.x86_64.rpm
libtar-debugsource-1.2.20-17.el8.i686.rpm
libtar-debugsource-1.2.20-17.el8.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33643
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33644
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33645
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33646
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.8_release_notes/index

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
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RedHat: RHSA-2023-2898:01 Moderate: libtar security update

An update for libtar is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Summary

The libtar packages contain a C library for manipulating tar archives. The library supports both the strict POSIX tar format and many of the commonly used GNU extensions.
Security Fix(es):
* libtar: out-of-bounds read in gnu_longlink (CVE-2021-33643)
* libtar: out-of-bounds read in gnu_longname (CVE-2021-33644)
* libtar: memory leak found in th_read() function (CVE-2021-33645)
* libtar: memory leak found in th_read() function (CVE-2021-33646)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.



Summary


Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33643 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33644 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33645 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33646 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.8_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: libtar-1.2.20-17.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: libtar-1.2.20-17.el8.aarch64.rpm libtar-debuginfo-1.2.20-17.el8.aarch64.rpm libtar-debugsource-1.2.20-17.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libtar-1.2.20-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm libtar-debuginfo-1.2.20-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm libtar-debugsource-1.2.20-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libtar-1.2.20-17.el8.s390x.rpm libtar-debuginfo-1.2.20-17.el8.s390x.rpm libtar-debugsource-1.2.20-17.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: libtar-1.2.20-17.el8.i686.rpm libtar-1.2.20-17.el8.x86_64.rpm libtar-debuginfo-1.2.20-17.el8.i686.rpm libtar-debuginfo-1.2.20-17.el8.x86_64.rpm libtar-debugsource-1.2.20-17.el8.i686.rpm libtar-debugsource-1.2.20-17.el8.x86_64.rpm
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Severity
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:2898-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2898
Issued Date: : 2023-05-16
CVE Names: CVE-2021-33643 CVE-2021-33644 CVE-2021-33645 CVE-2021-33646

Topic

An update for libtar is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.


Topic


 

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64


Bugs Fixed

2121289 - CVE-2021-33643 libtar: out-of-bounds read in gnu_longlink

2121292 - CVE-2021-33644 libtar: out-of-bounds read in gnu_longname

2121295 - CVE-2021-33645 libtar: memory leak found in th_read() function

2121297 - CVE-2021-33646 libtar: memory leak found in th_read() function


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