SUSE: 2020:2806-1 moderate: tar
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 Server 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2806=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): tar-1.27.1-15.6.3 tar-debuginfo-1.27.1-15.6.3 tar-debugsource-1.27.1-15.6.3 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (noarch): tar-lang-1.27.1-15.6.3
References
#1120610 #1130496
Cross- CVE-2018-20482 CVE-2019-9923
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
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