pax_decode_header in sparse.c in GNU Tar before 1.32 had a NULL pointer dereference when parsing certain archives that have malformed extended headers.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade tarUpgrade tar-debuginfo | Jun 6, 2023 | Mar 22, 2019 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade tar | Jun 7, 2023 | Mar 22, 2019 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade tar | Jul 30, 2024 | Mar 22, 2019 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade tar | May 30, 2019 | Mar 22, 2019 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade tar | May 30, 2019 | Mar 22, 2019 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade tar | May 7, 2019 | Mar 22, 2019 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade archiver/gnu-tar to version 1.32-11.4.16.0.1.3.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Dec 18, 2019 | Mar 22, 2019 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Mar 22, 2019 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade tar-testsUpgrade tar-rmtUpgrade tar-langUpgrade tar-docUpgrade tar-backup-scriptsUpgrade tar | Apr 19, 2019 | Mar 22, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade tar (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade tar | Jan 14, 2021 | Mar 22, 2019 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 22, 2019 |
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