USN-5329-1: tar vulnerability

23883

12 May 2022

12 May 2022

CLOSED

LOW

CVE-2021-20193

Severity

low

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

  • Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 18.04

Description

It was discovered that tar incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause tar to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2021-20193

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is low unless otherwise noted.

  • Platform Automation Toolkit
    • 4.4.x versions prior to 4.4.28
    • 5.0.x versions prior to 5.0.21
  • Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
    • All versions prior to 2.0.0
  • Isolation Segment
    • 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.43, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 456.252
    • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.23, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.224
    • 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.12, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.224
    • 2.12.x versions prior to 2.12.6, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.224
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.34
    • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.34
  • VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
    • 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.48, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 456.252
    • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.28, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.224
    • 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.16, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.224
    • 2.12.x versions prior to 2.12.9, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.224

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:
  • Platform Automation Toolkit
    • 4.4.28
    • 5.0.21
  • Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
    • 2.0.0
  • Isolation Segment
    • 2.7.43, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 456.252 or greater
    • 2.10.23, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.224 or greater
    • 2.11.12, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.224 or greater
    • 2.12.6, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.224 or greater
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.9.34
    • 2.10.34
  • VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
    • 2.7.48, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 456.252 or greater
    • 2.10.28, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.224 or greater
    • 2.11.16, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.224 or greater
    • 2.12.9, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.224 or greater

References

History

2022-05-12: Initial vulnerability report published.