Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2022.0335
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2022-0335)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'libtar' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2022-0335 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'libtar' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2022-0335 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: An attacker who submits a crafted tar file with size in header struct being 0 may be able to trigger an calling of malloc(0) for a variable gnu_longlink, causing an out-of-bounds read. (CVE-2021-33643) An attacker who submits a crafted tar file with size in header struct being 0 may be able to trigger an calling of malloc(0) for a variable gnu_longname, causing an out-of-bounds read. (CVE-2021-33644) The th_read() function doesn't free a variable t->th_buf.gnu_longlink after allocating memory, which may cause a memory leak. (CVE-2021-33645) The th_read() function doesn't free a variable t->th_buf.gnu_longname after allocating memory, which may cause a memory leak. (CVE-2021-33646) Affected Software/OS: 'libtar' package(s) on Mageia 8. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 9.4 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-33643 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7Q26QDNOJDOFYWMJWEIK5XR62M2FF6IJ/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OD4HEBSTI22FNYKOKK7W3X6ZQE6FV3XC/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4S4PJRCJLEAWN2EKXGLSOBTL7O57V7NC/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7WX5YE66CT7Y5C2HTHXSFDKQWYWYWJ2T/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5YSHZY753R7XW6CIKJVAWI373WW3YRRJ/ https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2022-1807 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-33644 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-33645 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-33646
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