vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2018-20482)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Dec 26, 2018 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 26, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
A denial of service issue has been found in GNU Tar versions up to and including 1.30. When creating archives with the --sparse option, tar would loop endlessly if a sparse file had been truncated while being archived.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
Rapid7 Labs
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