CVE-2019-9923
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Mar 22, 2019
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 22, 2019
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/1810241
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=cb07844454d8cc9fb21f53ace75975f91185a120
- http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55369
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1237vendor-advisory
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8mailing-list
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8mailing-list
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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