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Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for tar (EulerOS-SA-2021-2232)

🗓️ 19 Jul 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType 
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The Huawei EulerOS 'tar' package in EulerOS V2.0SP5 has a flaw allowing an attacker to cause uncontrolled memory consumption (CVE-2021-20193)

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.2.2021.2232");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-20193");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-07-19 05:22:51 +0000 (Mon, 19 Jul 2021)");
  script_version("2025-08-15T05:40:49+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-15 05:40:49 +0000 (Fri, 15 Aug 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-10-24 18:15:14 +0000 (Thu, 24 Oct 2024)");

  script_name("Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for tar (EulerOS-SA-2021-2232)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Huawei EulerOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gb_huawei_euleros_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/euleros", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=EULEROS\-2\.0SP5");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"EulerOS-SA-2021-2232");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://developer.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/euleros/securitydetail.html?secId=EulerOS-SA-2021-2232");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS 'tar' package(s) announced via the EulerOS-SA-2021-2232 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A flaw was found in the src/list.c of tar. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted input file to tar to cause uncontrolled consumption of memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.(CVE-2021-20193)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'tar' package(s) on Huawei EulerOS V2.0SP5.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "EULEROS-2.0SP5") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tar", rpm:"tar~1.26~34.h4.eulerosv2r7", rls:"EULEROS-2.0SP5"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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