CentOS Update for libtar CESA-2013:1418 centos6
🗓️ 15 Oct 2013 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881801");
script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-10-15 13:02:57 +0530 (Tue, 15 Oct 2013)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-4397");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("CentOS Update for libtar CESA-2013:1418 centos6");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"libtar on CentOS 6");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The libtar package contains a C library for manipulating tar archives. The
library supports both the strict POSIX tar format and many of the commonly
used GNU extensions.
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)
Note: This issue only affected 32-bit builds of libtar.
Red Hat would like to thank Timo Warns for reporting this issue.
All libtar users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
contains a backported patch to correct this issue.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2013:1418");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-October/019969.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'libtar'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG");
script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS6");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
if(release == "CentOS6")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libtar", rpm:"libtar~1.2.11~17.el6_4.1", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libtar-devel", rpm:"libtar-devel~1.2.11~17.el6_4.1", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
exit(0);
}
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CVSS 26.8
EPSS0.05485