MGASA-2013-0309

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    MGASA-2013-0309

    Published: 17 Oct 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4397

    Summary: Updated libtar packages fixes security vulnerability

    Details: Two heap-based buffer overflow flaws were found in the way libtar handled certain archives. If a user were tricked into expanding a specially-crafted archive, it could cause the libtar executable or an application using libtar to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code (CVE-2013-4397).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0309.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11424, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1418.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libtar

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libtar?arch=source&distro=mageia-2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.11-10.1.mga2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
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    High