Low: tar

Issue Overview:

It was discovered that tar incorrectly handled extended attributes in PAX archives. An attacker could supply a specially crafted file and cause tar to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-39804)

Affected Packages:

tar

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update tar to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    tar-debuginfo-1.26-35.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    tar-debuginfo-1.26-35.amzn2.0.3.i686  
  
src:  
    tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.3.src  
  
x86_64:  
    tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    tar-debuginfo-1.26-35.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-39804

Mitre: CVE-2023-39804