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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting tar package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.03% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-TAR-2015117
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed2 Jan 2019
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Introduced: 2 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-9923  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 tar.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tar package and not the tar package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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