GNU tar has been updated to fix CVE-2018-20482
Publication date: 11 Jan 2019Modification date: 11 Jan 2019
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 6
CVE: CVE-2018-20482
Description
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 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).
References
SRPMS
6/core
- tar-1.31-1.mga6