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Ubuntu: USN-4692-1 (CVE-2019-9923): tar vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4692-1 (CVE-2019-9923): tar vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/22/2019
Created
01/15/2021
Added
01/14/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

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(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-tar

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