CVE-2021-33643 | BDVDB-2026-181794 Detail
libtar
Description#
An attacker who submits a crafted tar file with size in header struct being 0 may be able to trigger an calling of malloc(0) for a variable gnu_longlink, causing an out-of-bounds read.
Impact#
Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact low, integrity impact none, availability impact low. Attack vector: network.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
References#
- https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2022-1807
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5YSHZY753R7XW6CIKJVAWI373WW3YRRJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OD4HEBSTI22FNYKOKK7W3X6ZQE6FV3XC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7Q26QDNOJDOFYWMJWEIK5XR62M2FF6IJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4S4PJRCJLEAWN2EKXGLSOBTL7O57V7NC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7WX5YE66CT7Y5C2HTHXSFDKQWYWYWJ2T/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00026.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.