ALSA-2023:2898

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ALSA-2023:2898

Summary: Moderate: libtar security update

Details: 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 AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2898, 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/2121289, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2121292, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2121295, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2121297, https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-2898.html