RedHat: RHSA-2023-2898:01 Moderate: libtar security update
Summary
The libtar packages contain a C library for manipulating tar archives. The
library supports both the strict POSIX tar format and many of the commonly
used GNU extensions.
Security Fix(es):
* libtar: out-of-bounds read in gnu_longlink (CVE-2021-33643)
* libtar: out-of-bounds read in gnu_longname (CVE-2021-33644)
* libtar: memory leak found in th_read() function (CVE-2021-33645)
* libtar: memory leak found in th_read() function (CVE-2021-33646)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33643 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33644 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33645 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33646 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.8_release_notes/index
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
libtar-1.2.20-17.el8.src.rpm
aarch64:
libtar-1.2.20-17.el8.aarch64.rpm
libtar-debuginfo-1.2.20-17.el8.aarch64.rpm
libtar-debugsource-1.2.20-17.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
libtar-1.2.20-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libtar-debuginfo-1.2.20-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libtar-debugsource-1.2.20-17.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
libtar-1.2.20-17.el8.s390x.rpm
libtar-debuginfo-1.2.20-17.el8.s390x.rpm
libtar-debugsource-1.2.20-17.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
libtar-1.2.20-17.el8.i686.rpm
libtar-1.2.20-17.el8.x86_64.rpm
libtar-debuginfo-1.2.20-17.el8.i686.rpm
libtar-debuginfo-1.2.20-17.el8.x86_64.rpm
libtar-debugsource-1.2.20-17.el8.i686.rpm
libtar-debugsource-1.2.20-17.el8.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for libtar is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
2121289 - CVE-2021-33643 libtar: out-of-bounds read in gnu_longlink
2121292 - CVE-2021-33644 libtar: out-of-bounds read in gnu_longname
2121295 - CVE-2021-33645 libtar: memory leak found in th_read() function
2121297 - CVE-2021-33646 libtar: memory leak found in th_read() function