tar-1.34-6.el9

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.

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.