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  • CPE Product Version: cpe:/a:gnu:tar:1.20
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Vuln ID Summary CVSS Severity
CVE-2022-48303

GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a conditional jump. Exploitation to change the flow of control has not been demonstrated. The issue occurs in from_header in list.c via a V7 archive in which mtime has approximately 11 whitespace characters.

Published: January 29, 2023; 11:15:08 PM -0500
V3.1: 5.5 MEDIUM
V2.0:(not available)
CVE-2021-20193

A flaw was found in the src/list.c of tar 1.33 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted input file to tar to cause uncontrolled consumption of memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Published: March 26, 2021; 1:15:12 PM -0400
V3.1: 5.5 MEDIUM
V2.0: 4.3 MEDIUM
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.

Published: March 22, 2019; 4:29:00 AM -0400
V3.0: 7.5 HIGH
V2.0: 5.0 MEDIUM
CVE-2018-20482

GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite read loop in sparse_dump_region in sparse.c) by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process (e.g., a system backup running as root).

Published: December 26, 2018; 1:29:00 PM -0500
V3.1: 4.7 MEDIUM
V2.0: 1.9 LOW
CVE-2016-6321

Directory traversal vulnerability in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and write to arbitrary files via vectors related to improper sanitization of the file_name parameter, aka POINTYFEATHER.

Published: December 09, 2016; 5:59:00 PM -0500
V3.0: 7.5 HIGH
V2.0: 5.0 MEDIUM
CVE-2010-0624

Heap-based buffer overflow in the rmt_read__ function in lib/rtapelib.c in the rmt client functionality in GNU tar before 1.23 and GNU cpio before 2.11 allows remote rmt servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code by sending more data than was requested, related to archive filenames that contain a : (colon) character.

Published: March 15, 2010; 9:28:25 AM -0400
V3.x:(not available)
V2.0: 6.8 MEDIUM