Vulnerability Details : CVE-2019-9923
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.
Vulnerability category: Memory Corruption
Products affected by CVE-2019-9923
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-9923
1.27%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 86 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2019-9923
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
|
NIST | |
|
7.5
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HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
3.9
|
3.6
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2019-9923
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The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2019-9923
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/1810241
Issue Tracking;Patch;Third Party Advisory
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http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55369
Permissions Required;Third Party Advisory
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http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=cb07844454d8cc9fb21f53ace75975f91185a120
tar.git - GNU TarMailing List;Patch;Vendor Advisory
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00077.html
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1237-1: moderate: Security update fMailing List;Third Party Advisory
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
[GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 - Pony Mail
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