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amazonAmazonALAS2-2023-2064
HistoryMay 25, 2023 - 5:41 p.m.

Medium: tar

2023-05-2517:41:00
alas.aws.amazon.com
10
gnu tar
amazon linux
vulnerability

5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.011 Low

EPSS

Percentile

84.4%

Issue Overview:

pax_decode_header in sparse.c in GNU Tar before 1.32 had a NULL pointer dereference when parsing certain archives that have malformed extended headers. (CVE-2019-9923)

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.amzn2.0.2.aarch64  
    tar-debuginfo-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.i686  
    tar-debuginfo-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.i686  
  
src:  
    tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.src  
  
x86_64:  
    tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.x86_64  
    tar-debuginfo-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2019-9923

Mitre: CVE-2019-9923

5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.011 Low

EPSS

Percentile

84.4%