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CVE-2023-39804 Affecting tar package, versions <1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-TAR-6120422
  • published 12 Dec 2023
  • disclosed 27 Mar 2024
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Introduced: 12 Dec 2023

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How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 tar to version 1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1 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.

In GNU tar before 1.35, mishandled extension attributes in a PAX archive can lead to an application crash in xheader.c.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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SUSE

2.8 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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Red Hat

3.3 low