A flaw was found in the src/list.c of tar 1.33 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted input file to tar to cause uncontrolled consumption of memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1917565 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=d9d4435692150fa8ff68e1b1a473d187cc3fd777 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59897 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1917565 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=d9d4435692150fa8ff68e1b1a473d187cc3fd777 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59897 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 3.3 · gnuNVD modified 2026-10-14 11:16
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 9
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1917565 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=d9d4435692150fa8ff68e1b1a473d187cc3fd777 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59897 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-29 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1917565 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=d9d4435692150fa8ff68e1b1a473d187cc3fd777 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59897 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-29 Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html