GNU Tar: Out of Bounds Read

GNU Tar: Out of Bounds Read A vulnerability has been discovered in GNU Tar which may lead to an out of bounds read. tar 2024-02-18 2024-02-18 898176 remote 1.34-r3 1.34-r3

The GNU Tar program provides the ability to create tar archives, as well as various other kinds of manipulation.

A vulnerability have been discovered in GNU Tar. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

GNU Tar has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a conditional jump. Exploitation to change the flow of control has not been demonstrated. The issue occurs via a V7 archive in which mtime has approximately 11 whitespace characters.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All GNU Tar users should upgrade to the latest version:


          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/tar-1.34-r3"

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