CVE-2021-20193

3.3LOW

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Tar
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 March 2021

Summary

A flaw was found in the src/list.c of tar 1.33 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted input file to tar to cause uncontrolled consumption of memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Affected Version(s)

tar 1.33 and earlier

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1917565
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https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59897
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https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=d9d4...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
3.3
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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