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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.2.2020.1035
Category:Huawei EulerOS Local Security Checks
Title:Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for tar (EulerOS-SA-2020-1035)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS 'tar' package(s) announced via the EulerOS-SA-2020-1035 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS 'tar' package(s) announced via the EulerOS-SA-2020-1035 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite read loop in sparse_dump_region in sparse.c) by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process (e.g., a system backup running as root).(CVE-2018-20482)

Affected Software/OS:
'tar' package(s) on Huawei EulerOS V2.0SP8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
1.9

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-20482
BugTraq ID: 106354
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106354
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-05
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=c15c42ccd1e2377945fd0414eca1a49294bff454
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2018-12/msg00023.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18745431
https://twitter.com/thatcks/status/1076166645708668928
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/TarFindingTruncateBug
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00023.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00025.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:1237 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00077.html
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