Advisories ยป MGASA-2022-0488

Updated libtar packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 30 Dec 2022
Modification date: 30 Dec 2022
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 8
CVE: CVE-2021-33640

Description

After tar_close(), libtar.c releases the memory pointed to by pointer t.
After tar_close() is called in the list() function, it continues to use
pointer t: free_longlink_longname(t->th_buf) . As a result, the released
memory is used (use-after-free). (CVE-2021-33640)
                

References

SRPMS

8/core