Upstream information

CVE-2021-33646 at MITRE

Description

The th_read() function doesn't free a variable t->th_buf.gnu_longname after allocating memory, which may cause a memory leak.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1202319 [NEW], 1202320 [NEW], 1206547 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 8
  • libtar >= 1.2.20-17.el8
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2023:2898

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Aug 11 04:01:49 2022
CVE page last modified: Tue Jun 4 15:35:32 2024