DEBIAN-CVE-2021-33646

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-33646
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-33646.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-33646
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2022-08-10T20:15:20Z
Modified
2026-09-15T09:02:32Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The th_read() function doesn’t free a variable t->th_buf.gnu_longname after allocating memory, which may cause a memory leak.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / libtar

Package

Name
libtar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libtar?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.20-8+deb12u1

Affected versions

1.*
1.2.20-8
1.2.20-8+deb12u1~deb11u1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-33646.json"