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Package "tar"

Name: tar

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This package is just an umbrella for a group of other packages, it has no description.
Description samples from packages in group:

  • optional scripts for GNU version of the tar archiving utility
Latest version: 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.10.1
Release: groovy (20.10)
Level: updates
Repository: universe

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base universe 1.30+dfsg-7
base main 1.30+dfsg-7
security main 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.10.1
security universe 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.10.1
updates main 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.10.1

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Version: 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.10.1 2021-01-13 20:06:31 UTC

  tar (1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.10.1) groovy-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 20:33:30 -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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