CVE-2025-45582

GNU Tar through 1.35 allows file overwrite via directory traversal in crafted TAR archives, with a certain two-step process. First, the victim must extract an archive that contains a ../ symlink to a critical directory. Second, the victim must extract an archive that contains a critical file,...

CVE-2025-45582: Path Traversal: '../filedir'

GNU Tar through 1.35 allows file overwrite via directory traversal in crafted TAR archives, with a certain two-step process. First, the victim must extract an archive that contains a ../ symlink to a critical directory. Second, the victim must extract an archive that contains a critical file,...

PT-2025-29264

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: GNU Tar versions through 1.35 Description: GNU Tar through version 1.35 is susceptible to a directory traversal vulnerability that allows for file overwrites within crafted TAR archives. The vulnerability requires a two-step process: first,...

CVE-2025-45582

GNU Tar through 1.35 allows file overwrite via directory traversal in crafted TAR archives, with a certain two-step process. First, the victim must extract an archive that contains a ../ symlink to a critical directory. Second, the victim must extract an archive that contains a critical file,...

ALSA-2025:9420 Moderate: libarchive security update

The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM images. Libarchive is used notably in the bsdtar utility, scripting language bindings such as python-libarchive, and several popular desktop file...

ALSA-2025:9431 Moderate: libarchive security update

The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM images. Libarchive is used notably in the bsdtar utility, scripting language bindings such as python-libarchive, and several popular desktop file...

Moderate: libarchive security update

The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM images. Libarchive is used notably in the bsdtar utility, scripting language bindings such as python-libarchive, and several popular desktop file...

TencentOS Server 3: tar (TSSA-2023:0024)

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 3 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2023:0024 advisory. Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:...

CVE-1999-0202

The GNU tar command, when used in FTP sessions, may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands...

Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0031: tar (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0031)

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2023:0031 advisory. Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-48303: GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte...

ALSA-2025:7510 Moderate: libarchive security update

The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM images. Libarchive is used notably in the bsdtar utility, scripting language bindings such as python-libarchive, and several popular desktop file...

ROS-2-514

2.514 Memory Leak in GNU Tar CVE-2021-20193 1. Vulnerability Description: The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a DoS attack on a target system. The vulnerability exists due to a memory leak in the readheader function in list.c. A remote attacker could pass a specially crafted...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-48303

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a conditional jump. Exploitation to change the flow of...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-9923

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - paxdecodeheader in sparse.c in GNU Tar before 1.32 had a NULL pointer dereference when parsing certain archives that have malformed extended headers...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-6321

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Directory traversal vulnerability in the safernamesuffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-20482

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - 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...

In GNU tar before 1.35 mishandled extension attributes in a PAX archive can lead to an application crash in xheader.c.

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GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a conditional jump

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RHEL 9 : tar (Unpatched Vulnerability)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched. - tar: Incorrectly handled extension attributes in PAX archives can lead to a crash CVE-2023-39804 Note that Nessus h...

RHEL 5 : tar (Unpatched Vulnerability)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched. - tar: Bypassing the extract path name CVE-2016-6321 - tar: Infinite read loop in sparsedumpregion function...