Packages
- libtar - C library for manipulating tar archives (development files)
Details
It was discovered that libtar may perform out-of-bounds reads when
processing specially crafted tar files. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause libtar to crash, resulting in a denial of service,
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-33643, CVE-2021-33644)
It was discovered that libtar contained a memory leak due to failing
to free a variable, causing performance degradation. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause libtar to crash, resulting in a
denial of service. (CVE-2021-33645, CVE-2021-33646)
It was discovered that libtar may perform out-of-bounds reads when
processing specially crafted tar files. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause libtar to crash, resulting in a denial of service,
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-33643, CVE-2021-33644)
It was discovered that libtar contained a memory leak due to failing
to free a variable, causing performance degradation. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause libtar to crash, resulting in a
denial of service. (CVE-2021-33645, CVE-2021-33646)
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 24.10 oracular | libtar-dev – 1.2.20-8.1ubuntu0.24.10.1 | ||
| libtar0t64 – 1.2.20-8.1ubuntu0.24.10.1 | |||
| 24.04 noble | libtar-dev – 1.2.20-8.1ubuntu0.24.04.1 | ||
| libtar0t64 – 1.2.20-8.1ubuntu0.24.04.1 | |||
| 22.04 jammy | libtar-dev – 1.2.20-8ubuntu0.22.04.1 | ||
| libtar0 – 1.2.20-8ubuntu0.22.04.1 | |||
| 20.04 focal | libtar-dev – 1.2.20-8ubuntu0.20.04.1 | ||
| libtar0 – 1.2.20-8ubuntu0.20.04.1 | |||
| 18.04 bionic | libtar-dev – 1.2.20-7ubuntu0.1~esm1 | ||
| libtar0 – 1.2.20-7ubuntu0.1~esm1 | |||
| 16.04 xenial | libtar-dev – 1.2.20-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 | ||
| libtar0 – 1.2.20-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 | |||
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