Ubuntu: 5900-1 Critical: tar Crash Risk And Sensitive Data Exposure

ubuntu

February 28, 2023

tar could be made to crash or expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted file.

Summary

tar could be made to crash or expose sensitive information

if it received a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- tar: GNU version of the tar archiving utility

Details:

It was discovered that tar incorrectly handled certain files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information

or cause a crash.

Topics Covered

security advisory critical system update ubuntu sensitive information tar crash

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.10:
  tar                             1.34+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1.22.10.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  tar                             1.34+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  tar                             1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  tar                             1.29b-2ubuntu0.4

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  tar                             1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2+esm2

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  tar                             1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.