libtar (AlmaLinux:8) — known CVEs & security advisories

Known CVE vulnerabilities and GitHub Security Advisories affecting the AlmaLinux:8 package libtar, with affected version ranges, CVSS severity, EPSS exploit prediction, and CISA KEV status.

CVEs (4)

• CVE-2021-33643 — CVSS 9.1 (critical): 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…
• CVE-2021-33644 — CVSS 8.1 (high): 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…
• CVE-2021-33645 — CVSS 7.5 (high): The th_read() function doesn’t free a variable t->th_buf.gnu_longlink after allocating memory, which may cause a memory leak.
• CVE-2021-33646 — CVSS 7.5 (high): The th_read() function doesn’t free a variable t->th_buf.gnu_longname after allocating memory, which may cause a memory leak.