OESA-2021-1173

Source
https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2021-1173
Import Source
https://repo.openeuler.org/security/data/osv/OESA-2021-1173.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/OESA-2021-1173
Upstream
Published
2021-05-06T11:02:52Z
Modified
2025-08-12T05:06:55.983298Z
Summary
tar security update
Details

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 Fix(es):

A flaw was found in the src/list.c of tar 1.33 and earlier. 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)

Database specific
{
    "severity": "Medium"
}
References

Affected packages

openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP1 / tar

Package

Name
tar
Purl
pkg:rpm/openEuler/tar&distro=openEuler-20.03-LTS-SP1

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.32-2.oe1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "noarch": [
        "tar-help-1.32-2.oe1.noarch.rpm"
    ],
    "src": [
        "tar-1.32-2.oe1.src.rpm"
    ],
    "aarch64": [
        "tar-debugsource-1.32-2.oe1.aarch64.rpm",
        "tar-debuginfo-1.32-2.oe1.aarch64.rpm",
        "tar-1.32-2.oe1.aarch64.rpm"
    ],
    "x86_64": [
        "tar-debugsource-1.32-2.oe1.x86_64.rpm",
        "tar-1.32-2.oe1.x86_64.rpm",
        "tar-debuginfo-1.32-2.oe1.x86_64.rpm"
    ]
}