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SUSE MicroOS 5.0: 2021:0974-1 Low Severity Tar Memory Leak

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Calendar Grey March 29, 2021
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SUSE announces a critical security patch for tar addressing a significant memory leak vulnerability (CVE-2021-20193), with detailed instructions provided for applying the update.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for tar fixes the following issues: CVE-2021-20193: Memory leak in read_header() in list.c (bsc#1181131) 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 MicroOS 5.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2021-974=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-974=1 Package List: - SUSE MicroOS 5.0 (aarch64 x86_64): tar-1.30-3.6.1 tar-debuginfo-1.30-3.6.1 tar-debugsource-1.30-3.6.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): tar-1.30-3.6.1 tar-debuginfo-1.30-3.6.1 tar-debugsource-1.30-3.6.1

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References

#1181131

Cross- CVE-2021-20193

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-20193 (SUSE): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:

SUSE MicroOS 5.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20193.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181131

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:0974-1
Rating: low

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