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Alpine/tar: medium 4.7

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)

Action: Upgrade tar to 1.31-r0 or later.

Affected

introducedfixedlast affected
01.31-r0-

Fixed versions

1.31-r0

Sources

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