SUSE-SU-2026:2615-1: important: Security update for tar

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# Security update for tar

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2615-1  
Release Date: 2026-06-24T09:02:40Z  
Rating: important  
References:

  * bsc#1246399
  * jsc#PED-16073

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2025-45582

  
CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2025-45582 ( SUSE ):  8.5
    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2025-45582 ( SUSE ):  7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2025-45582 ( NVD ):  4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

  
  
An update that solves one vulnerability and contains one feature can now be
installed.

## Description:

This update for tar fixes the following issues:

Upgrade tar to version 1.34 (jsc#PED-16073).

Security issues fixed:

  * CVE-2025-45582: file overwrite via directory traversal in crafted TAR
    archives (bsc#1246399).

Other updates and bugfixes:

  * Changes from 1.28:
  * New --one-top-level option: extract all files into a subdirectory named
    after the archive base name
  * New --sort option: sort directory entries by name or inode when creating
    archives
  * New exclusion options: --exclude-ignore, --exclude-ignore-recursive, and
    --exclude-vcs-ignores
  * New checkpoint action: totals; extended checkpoint format specifiers
  * Official tar(1) and rmt(8) manpages now provided upstream
  * Refuse to read from or write archives to a tty device
  * Changes from 1.29:
  * New --verbatim-files-from option: treat each line in a file list as a
    literal file name regardless of leading dashes
  * Changes from 1.30:
  * Member names containing '..' components are now skipped on extraction
    (security hardening)
  * Erroneous use of position-sensitive options is now reported
  * \--numeric-owner now applies to private (pax) headers too
  * Fixed --delay-directory-restore in several edge cases
  * New --warnings=failed-read option to suppress unreadable-file warnings when
    combined with --ignore-failed-read
  * Changes from 1.32:
  * POSIX extended format headers no longer include PID by default
  * Wildcards in --exclude-vcs-ignore mode no longer match slashes
  * Fixed --no-overwrite-dir option
  * Fixed handling of chained renames in incremental backups
  * Link counting works for file names supplied via -T
  * Changes from 1.33:
  * Fix extraction over pipe
  * Fix memory leak in read_header
  * Fix extraction when . and .. are unreadable
  * Gracefully handle duplicate symlinks when extracting
  * Re-initialise supplementary groups when switching to user privileges

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2026-2615=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2026-2615=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * tar-debugsource-1.34-15.27.1
    * tar-debuginfo-1.34-15.27.1
    * tar-1.34-15.27.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (noarch)
    * tar-lang-1.34-15.27.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
    * tar-debugsource-1.34-15.27.1
    * tar-debuginfo-1.34-15.27.1
    * tar-1.34-15.27.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (noarch)
    * tar-lang-1.34-15.27.1

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-45582.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246399
  * https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-16073

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