Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tar package, versions <1.29b-2ubuntu0.4
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-TAR-3261139
- published 1 Feb 2023
- disclosed 30 Jan 2023
Introduced: 30 Jan 2023
CVE-2022-48303 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04
tar
to version 1.29b-2ubuntu0.4 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tar
package and not the tar
package as distributed by Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:18.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a conditional jump. Exploitation to change the flow of control has not been demonstrated. The issue occurs in from_header in list.c via a V7 archive in which mtime has approximately 11 whitespace characters.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2022-48303
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62387
- https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?10307
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CRY7VEL4AIG3GLIEVCTOXRZNSVYDYYUD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X5VQYCO52Z7GAVCLRYUITN7KXHLRZQS4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CRY7VEL4AIG3GLIEVCTOXRZNSVYDYYUD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X5VQYCO52Z7GAVCLRYUITN7KXHLRZQS4/