[ubuntu/xenial-updates] tar 1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2 (Accepted)

Wed Jan 13 17:58:29 UTC 2021

tar (1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2) xenial-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Infinite read loop
    - debian/patches/Fix-CVE-2018-20482.patch: Add handling for short read
      condition in sparse_dump_region() of src/sparse.c.
    - CVE-2018-20482
  * SECURITY UPDATE: NULL pointer dereference
    - debian/patches/CVE-2019-9923.patch: Check for NULL return value from
      find_next_block in src/sparse.c.
    - CVE-2019-9923

Date: 2021-01-11 17:23:08.702683+00:00
Changed-By: Avital Ostromich <avital.ostromich at canonical.com>
Signed-By: Ubuntu Archive Robot <cjwatson+ubuntu-archive-robot at chiark.greenend.org.uk>
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2
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