AmazonALAS-2023-1704Important: tar
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.0005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
18.9%
Issue Overview:
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. (CVE-2022-48303)
Affected Packages:
tar
Issue Correction:
Run yum update tar to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
tar-1.26-31.23.amzn1.i686
tar-debuginfo-1.26-31.23.amzn1.i686
src:
tar-1.26-31.23.amzn1.src
x86_64:
tar-1.26-31.23.amzn1.x86_64
tar-debuginfo-1.26-31.23.amzn1.x86_64
Additional References
Red Hat: CVE-2022-48303
Mitre: CVE-2022-48303
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | tar | < 1.26-31.23.amzn1 | tar-1.26-31.23.amzn1.i686.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | tar-debuginfo | < 1.26-31.23.amzn1 | tar-debuginfo-1.26-31.23.amzn1.i686.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | tar | < 1.26-31.23.amzn1 | tar-1.26-31.23.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | tar-debuginfo | < 1.26-31.23.amzn1 | tar-debuginfo-1.26-31.23.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
Related
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.0005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
18.9%