{"id":"SUSE-SU-2019:14215-1","summary":"Security update for tar","details":"This update for tar to version 1.27.1 fixes the following issues:\n\ntar 1.27.1 brings following changes (jsc#ECO-339)\n\n* Sparse files with large data\n* No backticks in quoting\n* --owner and --group names and numbers\n* Support for POSIX ACLs, extended attributes and SELinux context.\n* Passing command line arguments to external commands.\n* New configure option --enable-gcc-warnings, intended for debugging.\n* New warning control option --warning=[no-]record-size\n* New command line option --keep-directory-symlink\n* Fix unquoting of file names obtained via the -T option.\n* Fix GNU long link header timestamp (backward compatibility).\n\nSecurity issues fixed:\n\n- CVE-2019-9923: Fixed a denial of service while parsing certain archives with malformed extended headers in pax_decode_header() (bsc#1130496).\n- CVE-2018-20482: Fixed a denial of service when the '--sparse' option mishandles file shrinkage during read access (bsc#1120610).\n","modified":"2026-03-11T07:09:19.410019Z","published":"2019-11-11T12:04:50Z","related":["CVE-2018-20482","CVE-2019-9923"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-20482","CVE-2019-9923"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-201914215-1/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1120610"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1130496"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1152736"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20482"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9923"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/ECO-339"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"tar","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.27.1-14.8.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"tar":"1.27.1-14.8.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2019:14215-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"tar","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSS"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.27.1-14.8.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"tar":"1.27.1-14.8.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2019:14215-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}