The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:5610 advisory.

    The GNU tar program can save multiple files in an archive and restore files from an archive.

    Security Fix(es):

    * tar: heap buffer overflow at from_header() in list.c via specially crafted checksum (CVE-2022-48303)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.

According to the versions of the tar package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a     conditional jump. Exploitation to change the flow of control has not been demonstrated. The issue occurs     in from_header in list.c via a V7 archive in which mtime has approximately 11 whitespace characters.
    (CVE-2022-48303)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The version of tar installed on the remote host is prior to 1.26-31.23. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1704 advisory.

    GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a     conditional jump. Exploitation to change the flow of control has not been demonstrated. The issue occurs     in from_header in list.c via a V7 archive in which mtime has approximately 11 whitespace characters.
    (CVE-2022-48303)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0441-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2022-48303: Fixed a one-byte out-of-bounds read that resulted in use of uninitialized memory for a     conditional jump (bsc#1207753).

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

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:0959 advisory.

    The GNU tar program can save multiple files in an archive and restore files from an archive.

    Security Fix(es):

    * tar: heap buffer overflow at from_header() in list.c via specially crafted checksum (CVE-2022-48303)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.

The version of tar installed on the remote host is prior to 1.26-35. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-1994 advisory.

    GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a     conditional jump. Exploitation to change the flow of control has not been demonstrated. The issue occurs     in from_header in list.c via a V7 archive in which mtime has approximately 11 whitespace characters.
    (CVE-2022-48303)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a     conditional jump. Exploitation to change the flow of control has not been demonstrated. The issue occurs     in from_header in list.c via a V7 archive in which mtime has approximately 11 whitespace characters.
    (CVE-2022-48303)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

An update of the tar package has been released.

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 3 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2023:0024 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

      CVE-2022-48303:
      GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a     conditional jump. Exploitation to change the flow of control has not been demonstrated. The issue occurs     in from_header in list.c via a V7 archive in which mtime has approximately 11 whitespace characters.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent 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.

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2025:0141 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2022-48303:
    GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a     conditional jump. Exploitation to change the flow of control has not been demonstrated. The issue occurs     in from_header in list.c via a V7 archive in which mtime has approximately 11 whitespace characters.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent 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.

The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2023_0959 advisory.

    * tar: heap buffer overflow at from_header() in list.c via specially crafted checksum (CVE-2022-48303)

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

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
182826	RHEL 8 : tar (RHSA-2023:5610)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	10/10/2023	11/7/2024	medium
179017	EulerOS Virtualization 2.10.0 : tar (EulerOS-SA-2023-2482)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	7/28/2023	7/28/2023	medium
173280	Amazon Linux AMI : tar (ALAS-2023-1704)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	3/22/2023	12/11/2024	medium
171620	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : tar (SUSE-SU-2023:0441-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2/18/2023	6/26/2026	medium
171983	RHEL 9 : tar (RHSA-2023:0959)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	2/28/2023	3/28/2025	medium
173239	Amazon Linux 2 : tar (ALAS-2023-1994)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	3/22/2023	12/11/2024	medium
225291	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-48303	Nessus	Misc.	3/5/2025	8/8/2026	medium
204463	Photon OS 5.0: Tar PHSA-2023-5.0-0048	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/24/2024	7/24/2024	medium
239246	TencentOS Server 3: tar (TSSA-2023:0024)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	6/16/2025	11/20/2025	medium
239479	TencentOS Server 4: tar (TSSA-2025:0141)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	6/16/2025	11/20/2025	medium
332378	Photon OS 5.0: Tar PHSA-2023-5.0-91-0048	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	8/5/2026	8/5/2026	medium
356709	Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: tar / tar-debuginfo / tar-debugsource (crlsa-2023_0959)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	10/1/2026	10/1/2026	medium

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