CVE-2019-9923

Summary

CVECVE-2019-9923
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-22 08:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:13:00 UTC
Descriptionpax_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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Tar All All All All
Application Gnu Tar All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1237-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
tar.git - GNU Tar MISC git.savannah.gnu.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
GNU tar - Bugs: Exiting with Error [Savannah] MISC savannah.gnu.org Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Bug #1810241 “NULL dereference when decompressing specially craf...” : Bugs : tar package : Ubuntu MISC bugs.launchpad.net Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296078 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 16.4.0 Missing (CPUOCT2019)
  • 355329 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for tar : ALAS2-2023-2064
  • 355345 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for tar : ALAS-2023-1755
  • 355520 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for tar : AL2012-2023-419
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 752108 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tar (SUSE-SU-2022:1548-1)
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