CVE-2023-39804

6.2 MEDIUM
Published: March 27, 2024 Modified: November 04, 2025
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Description

In GNU tar before 1.35, mishandled extension attributes in a PAX archive can lead to an application crash in xheader.c.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1058079
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=a339f05cd269013fa133d2f148d73f6f7d4247e4
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/tree/src/xheader.c?h=release_1_34#n1723
Source: cve@mitre.org
Product
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1058079
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=a339f05cd269013fa133d2f148d73f6f7d4247e4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/tree/src/xheader.c?h=release_1_34#n1723
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Product
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00008.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

7 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.2 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
11th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

gnu