ALAS-2024-2390

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-39804  

It was discovered that tar incorrectly handled extended attributes in PAX archives. An attacker could supply a specially crafted file and cause tar to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-39804)

ALAS-2024-2390


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2390
Advisory Release Date: 2024-01-03 21:04 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-01-09 17:53 Pacific
Severity: Low

Issue Overview:

It was discovered that tar incorrectly handled extended attributes in PAX archives. An attacker could supply a specially crafted file and cause tar to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-39804)


Affected Packages:

tar


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
"Run yum update tar to update your system.
"

New Packages:
aarch64:
    tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    tar-debuginfo-1.26-35.amzn2.0.3.aarch64

i686:
    tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.3.i686
    tar-debuginfo-1.26-35.amzn2.0.3.i686

src:
    tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.3.src

x86_64:
    tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    tar-debuginfo-1.26-35.amzn2.0.3.x86_64