GLSA 202105-29: Tar: Denial of service
Severity: | low |
Title: | Tar: Denial of service |
Date: | 05/26/2021 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 202105-29 |
Synopsis
A vulnerability in Tar could lead to a Denial of Service condition.Background
The Tar program provides the ability to create and manipulate tar archives.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
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app-arch/tar | < 1.34 | >= 1.34 | All supported architectures |
Description
It was discovered that GNU Tar had a memory leak when processing archive headers.
Impact
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted archive using Tar, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Tar users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/tar-1.34"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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