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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting tar-lang package, versions <1.34-150000.3.12.1

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-SLES153-TARLANG-2808898
  • published6 May 2022
  • disclosed5 May 2022
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Introduced: 5 May 2022

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 tar-lang to version 1.34-150000.3.12.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tar-lang package and not the tar-lang package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 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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