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Package "tar"

Name: tar

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GNU version of the tar archiving utility
Latest version: 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.1
Release: focal (20.04)
Level: updates
Repository: main
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/

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base universe 1.30+dfsg-7
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security main 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.1
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updates universe 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.1

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Version: 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.1 2021-01-13 20:06:28 UTC

  tar (1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.1) focal-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: NULL pointer dereference
    - debian/patches/CVE-2019-9923.patch: Check for NULL return value from
      find_next_block in src/sparse.c.
    - CVE-2019-9923

 -- Avital Ostromich <email address hidden> Tue, 15 Dec 2020 20:38:40 -0500
CVE-2019-9923 pax_decode_header in sparse.c in GNU Tar before 1.32 had a NULL pointer dereference when parsing certain archives that have malformed extended header


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