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CVE-2021-33646
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2022-08-10 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-401
Description
The th_read() function doesn’t free a variable t->th_buf.gnu_longname after allocating memory, which may cause a memory leak.
Affected products
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 35, 36, 37
- Feep Libtar: before 1.2.21 — fixed in 1.2.21
- Openatom Openeuler: 20.03-sp1, 20.03-sp3, 22.03
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Feep Libtar 1.2.21. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4S4PJRCJLEAWN2EKXGLSOBTL7O57V7NC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5YSHZY753R7XW6CIKJVAWI373WW3YRRJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7Q26QDNOJDOFYWMJWEIK5XR62M2FF6IJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7WX5YE66CT7Y5C2HTHXSFDKQWYWYWJ2T/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OD4HEBSTI22FNYKOKK7W3X6ZQE6FV3XC/
- https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2022-1807
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00026.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4S4PJRCJLEAWN2EKXGLSOBTL7O57V7NC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5YSHZY753R7XW6CIKJVAWI373WW3YRRJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7Q26QDNOJDOFYWMJWEIK5XR62M2FF6IJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7WX5YE66CT7Y5C2HTHXSFDKQWYWYWJ2T/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OD4HEBSTI22FNYKOKK7W3X6ZQE6FV3XC/
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