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CVE-2022-48303

Published: 30 January 2023

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
tar
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (1.29b-2ubuntu0.4)
focal
Released (1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.3)
jammy
Released (1.34+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1.22.04.1)
kinetic
Released (1.34+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1.22.10.1)
lunar
Released (1.34+dfsg-1.2ubuntu0.1)
trusty
Released (1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm3)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2+esm2)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
Patches:
upstream: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=3da78400eafcccb97e2f2fd4b227ea40d794ede8

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H