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CVE-2019-9923

Date: March 22, 2019

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.

Language: DEBIAN

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (13)

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9923

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9923

Url: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55369

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9923

Url: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=cb07844454d8cc9fb21f53ace75975f91185a120

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00077.html

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-9923

Url: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/1810241

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-9923

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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