5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.4%
Issue Overview:
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. (CVE-2019-9923)
Affected Packages:
tar
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update tar to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
tar-debuginfo-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
i686:
tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.i686
tar-debuginfo-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.i686
src:
tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.src
x86_64:
tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
tar-debuginfo-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
Red Hat: CVE-2019-9923
Mitre: CVE-2019-9923
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | 2 | aarch64 | tar | < 1.26-35.amzn2.0.2 | tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.aarch64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | aarch64 | tar-debuginfo | < 1.26-35.amzn2.0.2 | tar-debuginfo-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.aarch64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | i686 | tar | < 1.26-35.amzn2.0.2 | tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | i686 | tar-debuginfo | < 1.26-35.amzn2.0.2 | tar-debuginfo-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | x86_64 | tar | < 1.26-35.amzn2.0.2 | tar-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.x86_64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | x86_64 | tar-debuginfo | < 1.26-35.amzn2.0.2 | tar-debuginfo-1.26-35.amzn2.0.2.x86_64.rpm |
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.4%