Vulnerabilities > GNU > TAR > 1.14.90

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2023-01-30 CVE-2022-48303 Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in multiple products
GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a conditional jump.
local
low complexity
gnu fedoraproject CWE-125
5.5
2021-03-26 CVE-2021-20193 Memory Leak vulnerability in GNU TAR
A flaw was found in the src/list.c of tar 1.33 and earlier.
local
low complexity
gnu CWE-401
5.5
2019-03-22 CVE-2019-9923 NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products
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.
network
low complexity
gnu opensuse CWE-476
7.5
2018-12-26 CVE-2018-20482 Infinite Loop vulnerability in multiple products
GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite read loop in sparse_dump_region in sparse.c) by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process (e.g., a system backup running as root).
1.9
2010-03-15 CVE-2010-0624 Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in GNU Cpio and TAR
Heap-based buffer overflow in the rmt_read__ function in lib/rtapelib.c in the rmt client functionality in GNU tar before 1.23 and GNU cpio before 2.11 allows remote rmt servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code by sending more data than was requested, related to archive filenames that contain a : (colon) character.
network
gnu CWE-119
6.8
2007-09-05 CVE-2007-4476 Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."
network
low complexity
gnu debian canonical
7.5
2007-08-25 CVE-2007-4131 Remote Directory Traversal vulnerability in GNU Tar Dot_Dot Function
Directory traversal vulnerability in the contains_dot_dot function in src/names.c in GNU tar allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //..
network
redhat rpath gnu
6.8