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SUSE 12 SP5: SUSE-SU-2024:0071-1 low severity: tar software crash issue

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Calendar Grey January 10, 2024
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has rolled out a tar patch to fix a small security vulnerability related to PAX archives. Ensure to implement the newest updates promptly.
* bsc#1217969 Cross-References: * CVE-2023-39804

Summary

## This update for tar fixes the following issues: * CVE-2023-39804: Incorrectly handled extension attributes in PAX archives can lead to a crash (bsc#1217969) ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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 High Performance Computing 12 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-71=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-71=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-71=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64) * tar-1.27.1-15.24.1

References

* bsc#1217969

Cross-

* CVE-2023-39804

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-39804 ( SUSE ): 2.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-39804.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217969

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:0071-1
Rating: low

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