CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-20990

An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.16 for Rust. Arbitrary file overwrite can occur via a symlink or hardlink in a TAR archive.

6.4 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 4.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0002.html Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:tar_project:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-08-26 01:15

Updated : 2019-08-28 03:58

NVD link : CVE-2018-20990

Mitre link : CVE-2018-20990

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-59