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Ubuntu 20.10 USN-4692-1 Critical: Tar Denial Of Service Issues

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Calendar Grey January 13, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Numerous vulnerabilities addressed in tar for different Ubuntu versions. Make sure to update your systems to mitigate risks.
Several security issues were fixed in tar.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service update critical security fix ubuntu tar

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.10: tar 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.10.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: tar 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: tar 1.29b-2ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: tar 1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: tar 1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: tar 1.26-4ubuntu1.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4692-1

CVE-2018-20482, CVE-2019-9923

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January 13, 2021

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security advisory denial of service update critical security fix ubuntu tar

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/1.29b-2ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2

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