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Ubuntu 23.04 USN-5900-2 Severe: tar Information Exposure Risk

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Calendar Grey May 22, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5900-2 highlights a vulnerability in tar that can lead to the unauthorized exposure of sensitive information.
tar could be made to crash or expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted file.

Summary

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security advisory update Ubuntu information exposure severe tar

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.04: tar 1.34+dfsg-1.2ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5900-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5900-1

CVE-2022-48303

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May 22, 2023

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security advisory update Ubuntu information exposure severe tar

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/1.34+dfsg-1.2ubuntu0.1

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