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RockyLinux 9 : tar (RLSA-2026:0067)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 281880

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Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:0067 advisory.

 * tar: Tar path traversal (CVE-2025-45582)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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, tar-debuginfo and / or tar-debugsource packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:0067

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2379592

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 281880

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-0067.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/6/2026

Updated: 1/6/2026

Supported Sensors: 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: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tar, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tar-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tar-debugsource

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-45582