high7.5
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.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnu | Tar | before 1.32 |
| Opensuse | Leap | Version 15.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=cb07844454d8cc9fb21f53ace75975f91185a120
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00077.html
- http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55369
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/1810241
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html