Issued at: 2025-12-27
Updated at: 2025-12-29
Synopsis
Moderate: libtar security update
Description
The libtar packages contain a C library for manipulating tar archives. The library supports both the strict POSIX tar format and many of the commonly used GNU extensions.
Security Fix(es):
* libtar: out-of-bounds read in gnu_longlink (CVE-2021-33643)
* libtar: out-of-bounds read in gnu_longname (CVE-2021-33644)
* libtar: memory leak found in th_read() function (CVE-2021-33645)
* libtar: memory leak found in th_read() function (CVE-2021-33646)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.