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Mageia: 2021-0233 Critical: Tar Memory Consumption Threat

A flaw was found in the src/list.c of tar 1.33 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted input file to tar to cause uncontrolled consumption of memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability (CVE-2021-20193). References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29049 - . MGASA-2021-0233 - Updated tar package fix a security vulnerability Publication date: 08 Jun 2021 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0233.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 7, 8 CVE: CVE-2021-20193 A flaw was found in the src/list.c of tar 1.33 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted input file to tar to cause uncontrolled consumption of memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability (CVE-2021-20193). References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29049 - - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20193 SRPMS: - 7/core/tar-1.32-1.1.mga7 - 8/core/tar-1.33-2.1.mga8 . A significant vulnerability in tar versions 1.33 and prior poses a memory usage problem impacting Mageia 7 and 8. Please update immediately to ensure your system's security.. Mageia Security Update, Tar Memory Issue, System Safety. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jun 08, 2021 •Critical Mageia