Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2019.0164
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2019-0164)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'tar' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2019-0164 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'tar' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2019-0164 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: pax_decode_header in sparse.c in GNU Tar before 1.32 had a NULL pointer dereference when parsing certain archives that have malformed extended headers (CVE-2019-9923). Affected Software/OS: 'tar' package(s) on Mageia 6. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-9923 http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=cb07844454d8cc9fb21f53ace75975f91185a120 http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55369 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/1810241 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:1237 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00077.html
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