openSUSE Security Update: Security update for tar ______________________________________________________________________________

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0494-1 Rating: low References: #1181131 Cross-References: CVE-2021-20193 CVSS scores: CVE-2021-20193 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2021-20193 (SUSE): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 ______________________________________________________________________________

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for tar fixes the following issues:

CVE-2021-20193: Memory leak in read_header() in list.c (bsc#1181131)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-494=1

Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

tar-1.30-lp152.4.3.1 tar-debuginfo-1.30-lp152.4.3.1 tar-debugsource-1.30-lp152.4.3.1 tar-rmt-1.30-lp152.4.3.1 tar-rmt-debuginfo-1.30-lp152.4.3.1 tar-tests-1.30-lp152.4.3.1 tar-tests-debuginfo-1.30-lp152.4.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (noarch):

tar-backup-scripts-1.30-lp152.4.3.1 tar-doc-1.30-lp152.4.3.1 tar-lang-1.30-lp152.4.3.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20193.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181131