Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting tar package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.09% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-TAR-1350310
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed17 Jan 2021

Introduced: 17 Jan 2021

CVE-2021-20193  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 tar.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tar package and not the tar package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the src/list.c of tar 1.33 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted input file to tar to cause uncontrolled consumption of memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS Base Scores

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