I could reproduce that same issue in the tar version in upstream git- tree, so it sounds to be an upstream bug. In any cases, I'm preparing a security regression update that fix it.
$ ./tar/src/tar xf publicfile_0.52.orig.tar.gz ./tar/src/tar: Skipping to next header ./tar/src/tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors $. /tar/src$ (master) ./tar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.35.90 Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2161311 Title: Regression in the recent security update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/2161311/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
