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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting tar package, versions <1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.15% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-TAR-1059396
  • published22 Mar 2019
  • disclosed22 Mar 2019
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Introduced: 22 Mar 2019

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 tar to version 1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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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