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SUSE: 2021:0975-1 Low: Memory Leak Vulnerability in Tar Package

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Calendar Grey March 29, 2021
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SUSE has released a Security Update for tar to tackle a minor severity memory leak problem. Please adhere to the patch guidelines to implement the updates.
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 Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-975=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): tar-1.27.1-15.9.1 tar-debuginfo-1.27.1-15.9.1 tar-debugsource-1.27.1-15.9.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (noarch): tar-lang-1.27.1-15.9.1

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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 Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181131

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:0975-1
Rating: low

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