ELA-1296-1 libtar security update

multiple vulnerabilities

2025-01-20
Packagelibtar
Version1.2.20-7+deb10u1 (buster)
Related CVEs CVE-2021-33643 CVE-2021-33644 CVE-2021-33645 CVE-2021-33646


Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed in libtar, a library for manipulating tar archives.

CVE-2021-33643

out-of-bounds read in gnu_longlink()

CVE-2021-33644

out-of-bounds read in gnu_longname()

CVE-2021-33645

memory leak in th_read()

CVE-2021-33646 memory leak in th_read()



For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.20-7+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libtar packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found in the dedicated section of our website.