golang: archive/tar: Unbounded allocation when parsing GNU sparse map

A flaw was found in the archive/tar package in the Go standard library. tar.Reader does not set a maximum size on the number of sparse region data blocks in GNU tar pax 1.0 sparse files. A specially crafted tar archive with a pax header indicating a big number of sparse regions can cause a Go...

CVE-2012-1424

The TAR file parser in Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Quick Heal aka Cat QuickHeal 11.00, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with a \19\04\00\10...

CVE-2012-1423

The TAR file parser in Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5,...

CVE-2012-1419

The TAR file parser in ClamAV 0.96.4 and Quick Heal aka Cat QuickHeal 11.00 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial aliases character sequence. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the...