CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2019-9923

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.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

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 NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/1810241 Issue Tracking Patch
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55369 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=cb07844454d8cc9fb21f53ace75975f91185a120 Mailing List Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00077.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-03-22 08:29

Updated : 2021-06-29 03:15

NVD link : CVE-2019-9923

Mitre link : CVE-2019-9923

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-476