GHSA-mwq4-jmcc-2cx4MediumCVSS 5.5
Out-of-bounds Read and Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in tar
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
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.
🔗 References (7)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20193
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1917565
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=d9d4435692150fa8ff68e1b1a473d187cc3fd777
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59897
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-29
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mwq4-jmcc-2cx4