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SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 tar Important File Overwrite 2026-21002-1

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Calendar Grey April 13, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical SUSE patch for tar fixes file overwrite vulnerability and installation guide. Secure your system effectively!
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one fix can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for tar fixes the following issue: Security issue: * CVE-2025-45582: file overwrite via directory traversal in crafted TAR archives (bsc#1246399). Non security issue: * Fixes tar creating invalid tarballs when used with --delete (bsc#1246607) ## 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 Micro 6.2 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SL-Micro-6.2-486=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * tar-debuginfo-1.35-160000.3.1 * tar-debugsource-1.35-160000.3.1 * tar-1.35-160000.3.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE directory traversal file overwrite important tar

References

* bsc#1246399

* bsc#1246607

Cross-

* CVE-2025-45582

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-45582 ( SUSE ): 8.5

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-45582 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-45582 ( NVD ): 4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.2

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one fix can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-45582.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246399

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246607

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21002-1
Release Date: 2026-04-07T14:55:48Z
Rating: important

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