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openSUSE Security Update : tar (openSUSE-2021-494)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 148313

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for tar fixes the following issues :

CVE-2021-20193: Memory leak in read_header() in list.c (bsc#1181131)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected tar packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1181131

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 148313

File Name: openSUSE-2021-494.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/5/2021

Updated: 1/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20193

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tar, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tar-backup-scripts, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tar-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tar-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tar-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tar-rmt, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tar-rmt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tar-tests, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tar-tests-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20193