SUSE: 2019:0926-1 Moderate: Tar Denial Of Service Issues Fixed
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April 10, 2019
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
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). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-2019-926=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15:
Topics Covered
References
#1120610 #1130496
Cross- CVE-2018-20482 CVE-2019-9923
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15
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: SUSE-SU-2019:0926-1
Rating: moderate
Topics Covered
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