1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5900-1

USN-5900-1: tar vulnerability

Publication date

28 February 2023

Overview

tar could be made to crash or expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • tar - GNU version of the tar archiving utility

Details

It was discovered that tar incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information
or cause a crash.

It was discovered that tar incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information
or cause a crash.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.10 kinetic tar –  1.34+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1.22.10.1
22.04 jammy tar –  1.34+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1.22.04.1
20.04 focal tar –  1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.3
18.04 bionic tar –  1.29b-2ubuntu0.4
16.04 xenial tar –  1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2+esm2  
14.04 trusty tar –  1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm3  

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