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Debian: CVE-2019-9923: tar -- security update

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Mar 22, 2019

Added

Jul 30, 2024

Modified

Mar 30, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-tar

References

CVE-2019-9923
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2019-9923
CWE-476
EUVD-EUVD-2019-19278
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-19278

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