SUSE-SU-2020:2806-1

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    SUSE-SU-2020:2806-1

    Published: 30 Sept 2020Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for tar

    Details: This update for tar fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2019-9923: Fixed a denial of service while parsing certain archives with malformed extended headers in pax_decode_header() (bsc#1130496). - CVE-2018-20482: Fixed a denial of service when the '--sparse' option mishandles file shrinkage during read access (bsc#1120610).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20202806-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1120610, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1130496, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20482, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9923

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tar

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.27.1-15.6.3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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