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.

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0463-1 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)

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

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2023:0959 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)

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

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-0959 advisory.

    - Fix CVE-2022-48303

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.

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 Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2023:0959 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)

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.

According to the versions of the tar package installed, the EulerOS 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 remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202402-12 (GNU Tar: Out of Bounds Read)

  - 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 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 CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2022-48303 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)

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

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.

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ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
171620	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : tar (SUSE-SU-2023:0441-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2/18/2023	7/14/2023	medium
171684	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : tar (SUSE-SU-2023:0463-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2/21/2023	7/14/2023	medium
171989	AlmaLinux 9 : tar (ALSA-2023:0959)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	2/28/2023	9/1/2023	medium
171994	Oracle Linux 9 : tar (ELSA-2023-0959)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	2/28/2023	10/22/2024	medium
173280	Amazon Linux AMI : tar (ALAS-2023-1704)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	3/22/2023	12/11/2024	medium
173990	Rocky Linux 9 : tar (RLSA-2023:0959)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	4/6/2023	11/6/2023	medium
176602	EulerOS Virtualization 2.9.0 : tar (EulerOS-SA-2023-2028)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	6/2/2023	6/2/2023	medium
176785	EulerOS Virtualization 2.11.0 : tar (EulerOS-SA-2023-2131)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	6/7/2023	6/7/2023	medium
177954	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : tar (EulerOS-SA-2023-2279)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	7/4/2023	7/4/2023	medium
179017	EulerOS Virtualization 2.10.0 : tar (EulerOS-SA-2023-2482)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	7/28/2023	7/28/2023	medium
190668	GLSA-202402-12 : GNU Tar: Out of Bounds Read	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	2/18/2024	2/18/2024	medium
211745	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: tar (CVE-2022-48303)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	11/23/2024	2/10/2025	medium
504094	Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 Out-of-bounds Read (CVE-2022-48303)	Tenable OT Security	Tenable.ot	11/13/2025	11/13/2025	medium

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