SB2023060670 - Amazon Linux AMI update for tar



SB2023060670 - Amazon Linux AMI update for tar

Published: June 6, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023060670
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9923)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dreference error in sparse.c in when parsing certain archives that have malformed extended headers. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.