SB2021011321 - Ubuntu update for tar

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SB2021011321 - Ubuntu update for tar

Published: January 13, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021011321
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20482)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the application mishandles file shrinkage during read access when --sparse is used. A local attacker can trigger infinite read loop in sparse_dump_region in sparse.c by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process (e.g., a system backup running as root) and cause denial of service conditions.


2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9923)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dreference error in sparse.c in when parsing certain archives that have malformed extended headers. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References