[SECURITY] [DLA 1623-1] tar security update

Package : tar Version : 1.27.1-2+deb8u2 CVE ID : CVE-2018-20482 Debian Bug : 917377 It was discovered that there was a potential denial of service vulnerability in tar, the GNU version of the tar UNIX archiving utility. The --sparse argument looped endlessly if the file shrank whilst it was being...

DLA-1623-1 tar - security update

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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000888

PEAR ArchiveTar version 1.4.3 and earlier contains a CWE-502, CWE-915 vulnerability in the ArchiveTar class. There are several file operations with $vheader'filename' as parameter such as fileexists, isfile, isdir, etc. When extract is called without a specific prefix path, we can trigger...

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000888

PEAR ArchiveTar version 1.4.3 and earlier contains a CWE-502, CWE-915 vulnerability in the ArchiveTar class. There are several file operations with $vheader'filename' as parameter such as fileexists, isfile, isdir, etc. When extract is called without a specific prefix path, we can trigger...

CVE-2018-1000888

PEAR ArchiveTar version 1.4.3 and earlier contains a CWE-502, CWE-915 vulnerability in the ArchiveTar class. There are several file operations with $vheader'filename' as parameter such as fileexists, isfile, isdir, etc. When extract is called without a specific prefix path, we can trigger...

CVE-2018-20482

GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service infinite read loop in sparsedumpregion in sparse.c by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process e.g., a system back...

GNU tar Denial of Service Vulnerability

GNU Tar is a set of tools developed by the GNU Project for creating files in tar format. A security vulnerability exists in GNU Tar versions 1.30 and earlier, which stems from the program's failure to properly handle file shrinking. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability by modifying the...

The vulnerability of the RubyGems package management system, related to the creation of infinite loops, allows for the execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the RubyGems package management system is related to improper handling of the tar archive header, which can lead to the creation of an infinite loop. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a service failure...

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20482

GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service infinite read loop in sparsedumpregion in sparse.c by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process e.g., a system back...

CVE-2018-20482

GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service infinite read loop in sparsedumpregion in sparse.c by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process e.g., a system back...

ALPINE-CVE-2018-20482

GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service infinite read loop in sparsedumpregion in sparse.c by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process e.g., a system back...

Design/Logic Flaw

GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service infinite read loop in sparsedumpregion in sparse.c by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process e.g., a system back...

CVE-2018-20482

GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service infinite read loop in sparsedumpregion in sparse.c by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process e.g., a system back...

CVE-2018-20482

GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service infinite read loop in sparsedumpregion in sparse.c by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process e.g., a system back...

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20482

GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service infinite read loop in sparsedumpregion in sparse.c by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process e.g., a system back...

CVE-2018-20482

GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service infinite read loop in sparsedumpregion in sparse.c by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process e.g., a system back...

CVE-2018-20482

GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service infinite read loop in sparsedumpregion in sparse.c by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process e.g., a system back...

CVE-2018-20482

GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service infinite read loop in sparsedumpregion in sparse.c by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process e.g., a system back...

CVE-2018-20482

CVE-2018-20482 affects GNU tar: when using --sparse, tar can enter an infinite read loop during file shrinkage, enabling a local attacker to cause a denial of service by modifying a file being archived by another user. Affected until upstream tar versions prior to the fix; remediation is to upgra...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : amanda (SUSE-SU-2018:4121-1)

This update for amanda fixes the following issues : Security issue fixed : CVE-2016-10729: Fixed a local privilege escalation from amanda to root via unsafe tar command options bsc1112916. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE...