CVE-2022-48303

GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a conditional jump. Exploitation to change the flow of control has not been demonstrated. The issue occurs in from_header in list.c via a V7 archive in which mtime has approximately 11 whitespace characters.

Affected products

Alt Linux, Almalinux, Astra Linux, Centos, Gnu Tar, Linuxmint, Red Hat, Red Os

Gnu Tar

≤ 1.34

Fix

Available

CVSS 3.1

5.5 MEDIUM

EPSS

4.5% (91th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-125

NVD status

Modified

Published

2023-01-30

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