Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2064
Advisory Release Date: 2023-05-25 17:41 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-06-01 23:37 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
pax_decode_header in sparse.c in GNU Tar before 1.32 had a NULL pointer dereference when parsing certain archives that have malformed extended headers. (CVE-2019-9923)
Affected Packages:
tar
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update tar to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
tar-debuginfo-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
i686:
tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.i686
tar-debuginfo-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.i686
src:
tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.src
x86_64:
tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
tar-debuginfo-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.x86_64