Source: tar Version: 1.30+dfsg-5 Severity: normal Tags: security upstream Forwarded: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55369 Control: tags -1 + fixed-upstream
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for tar. CVE-2019-9923[0]: | 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. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9923 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9923 [1] https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55369 [2] http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=cb07844454d8cc9fb21f53ace75975f91185a120 [3] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/1810241 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
