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oesa-2023-1992

Vulnerability from osv_openeuler

Published

2023-12-29 11:06

Modified

2026-08-06 11:06

Summary

tar security update

Details

GNU Tar provides the ability to create tar archives, as well as various other kinds of manipulation. For example, you can use Tar on previously created archives to extract files, to store additional files, or to update or list files which were already stored.

Security Fix(es):

A flaw was found in tar. This issue occurs when extended attributes are processed in PAX archives, and could allow an attacker to cause an application crash, resulting in a denial of service.(CVE-2023-39804)

Severity

2.8 (Low)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

URL

Type

	https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bull…	ADVISORY
	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39804	ADVISORY

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      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "aarch64": [
          "tar-debuginfo-1.34-5.oe2203sp1.aarch64.rpm",
          "tar-1.34-5.oe2203sp1.aarch64.rpm",
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        ],
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        "x86_64": [
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          "tar-1.34-5.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm",
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  },
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  "id": "OESA-2023-1992",
  "modified": "2026-08-06T11:06:26Z",
  "published": "2023-12-29T11:06:26Z",
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2023-1992"
    },
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.2",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  ],
  "summary": "tar security update",
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  ]
}

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-27 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:16

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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-08-04 11:15 UTC

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/…
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/tree/sr…
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024…

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