JLSEC-2026-184

GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a conditional jump. Exploitation to change the flow of control has not been demonstrated. The issue occurs in fromheader in list.c via a V7 archive in which mtime has approximately 11 whitespace...

MiracleLinux 8 : tar-1.30-6.el8.1 (AXSA:2023-5142:01)

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2023-5142:01 advisory. tar: heap buffer overflow at fromheader in list.c via specially crafted checksum CVE-2022-48303 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directl...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

tar is vulnerable to Denial Of Service DoS. The vulnerability exists due to the one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in the use of uninitialized memory for a conditional jump, allowing an attacker to cause an application crash through the fromheader in list.c via a V7 archive in which mtime h...

OESA-2023-1106 tar security update

GNU Tar provides the ability to create tar archives, as well as various other kinds of manipulation. For example, you can use Tar on previously created archives to extract files, to store additional files, or to update or list files which were already stored. Security Fixes: GNU Tar through 1.34...

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48303

GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a conditional jump. Exploitation to change the flow of control has not been demonstrated. The issue occurs in fromheader in list.c via a V7 archive in which mtime has approximately 11 whitespace...