OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0494-1
Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2021-04-02 04:04 - Updated: 2026-09-20 19:23Summary
Security update for tar
Severity
Low
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for tar
Description of the patch: This update for tar fixes the following issues:
CVE-2021-20193: Memory leak in read_header() in list.c (bsc#1181131)
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
Patchnames: openSUSE-2021-494
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
Affected products
Recommended
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Threats
Impact
moderate
References
8 references
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