High 2026-08-03

Perl-Archive-Tar Security Update — AlmaLinux 9 (ALSA-2026:49525)

AlmaLinux 9

Archive::Tar provides an object oriented mechanism for handling tar files. It provides class methods for quick and easy files handling while also allowing for the creation of tar file objects for custom manipulation. If you have the IO::Zlib module installed, Archive::Tar will also support compressed or gzipped tar …

Type:

security

Severity:

important

Release date:

2026-08-03

Description:

Archive::Tar provides an object oriented mechanism for handling tar files. It provides class methods for quick and easy files handling while also allowing for the creation of tar file objects for custom manipulation. If you have the IO::Zlib module installed, Archive::Tar will also support compressed or gzipped tar files.  
Security Fix(es):  
  * perl-Archive-Tar: perl-Archive-Tar: Denial of Service via crafted tar header with large entry size (CVE-2026-9538)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References:

Updated packages listed below:

Architecture	Package	Checksum
noarch	perl-Archive-Tar-2.38-6.el9_8.2.noarch.rpm	74793931ac60339989344ae76edae7f07d84e54591be77be8328a2f7f6b91b2e

Notes:

This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.

How to Apply the Fix

Update the affected packages on your server to the patched release, then restart the relevant services.

sudo dnf update

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