{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2018-20482", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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)." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/TarFindingTruncateBug", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/TarFindingTruncateBug" }, { "name": "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=c15c42ccd1e2377945fd0414eca1a49294bff454", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=c15c42ccd1e2377945fd0414eca1a49294bff454" }, { "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20181231 [SECURITY] [DLA 1623-1] tar security update", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00023.html" }, { "name": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18745431", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18745431" }, { "name": "106354", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106354" }, { "name": "GLSA-201903-05", "refsource": "GENTOO", "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-05" }, { "name": "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2018-12/msg00023.html", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2018-12/msg00023.html" }, { "name": "https://twitter.com/thatcks/status/1076166645708668928", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://twitter.com/thatcks/status/1076166645708668928" }, { "refsource": "SUSE", "name": "openSUSE-SU-2019:1237", "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00077.html" } ] } }