[El-errata] ELSA-2026-49524 Important: Oracle Linux 8 perl-Archive-Tar security update

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Tue Aug 4 16:52:58 UTC 2026


Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-49524

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-49524.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-3.el8_10.noarch.rpm

aarch64:
perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-3.el8_10.noarch.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-3.el8_10.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2026-9538




Description of changes:

[2.30-3]
- Fix CVE-2026-9538: cap per-entry declared size during tar read to
  defend against attacker-controlled size-field memory DoS
- Resolves: RHEL-191913




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