NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting tar-rmt package, versions <1.30-3.3.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.15% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-TARRMT-2752269
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed10 Apr 2019

Introduced: 10 Apr 2019

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 tar-rmt to version 1.30-3.3.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tar-rmt package and not the tar-rmt package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 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.