Packages
- rust-tar - A tar archive reading/writing library for Rust
Details
It was discovered that tar-rs incorrectly handled symlinks when unpacking a
tar archive. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted tar archive, a remote attacker could use this issue to
modify permissions of arbitrary directories outside the extraction root,
and possibly escalate privileges.
It was discovered that tar-rs incorrectly handled symlinks when unpacking a
tar archive. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted tar archive, a remote attacker could use this issue to
modify permissions of arbitrary directories outside the extraction root,
and possibly escalate privileges.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 25.10 questing | librust-tar-dev – 0.4.43-4ubuntu0.1 | ||
| 24.04 LTS noble | librust-tar-dev – 0.4.40-1ubuntu0.1 | ||
| 22.04 LTS jammy | librust-tar+default-dev – 0.4.37-3ubuntu0.1 | ||
| librust-tar-dev – 0.4.37-3ubuntu0.1 | |||
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