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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2830-1 tar -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

28 Nov 2021

Affected Packages:

tar

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 917377.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-20482.

More information:

An infinite loop when --sparse is used with file shrinkage during read access was fixed in the GNU tar archiving utility.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.29b-1.1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tar packages.

For the detailed security status of tar please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/tar

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS