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Oracle Linux 9 : tar (ELSA-2026-0067)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 281875

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-0067 advisory.

 [2:1.34-9]
 - Fix the last patch to solve a regression with -x and --xattrs: RHEL-136277 also, fix another tiny mistake in the patch (w/o visible consequences)

 [2:1.34-8]
 - Backport upstream changes to jailify extraction directory Includes related gnulib changes to add openat2 Fixes CVE-2025-45582

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected tar package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-0067.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 281875

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-0067.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/6/2026

Updated: 1/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-45582

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.1

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:7:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tar

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-45582