CVE-2023-39804 (GCVE-0-2023-39804)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-27 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:16
VLAI
Summary
In GNU tar before 1.35, mishandled extension attributes in a PAX archive can lead to an application crash in xheader.c.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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