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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting tar package, versions <1.32+dfsg-1

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.09% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-TAR-1560156
  • published 22 Mar 2019
  • disclosed 22 Mar 2019
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Introduced: 22 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-9923 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 tar to version 1.32+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tar package and not the tar package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 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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