FKIE_CVE-2018-20482

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-12-26 18:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:52
Severity
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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).
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=c15c42ccd1e2377945fd0414eca1a49294bff454Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2018-12/msg00023.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00077.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106354Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00025.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18745431Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-05Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://twitter.com/thatcks/status/1076166645708668928Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/TarFindingTruncateBugPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=c15c42ccd1e2377945fd0414eca1a49294bff454Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2018-12/msg00023.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00077.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106354Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00025.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18745431Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-05Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://twitter.com/thatcks/status/1076166645708668928Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/TarFindingTruncateBugPatch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu tar *
debian debian_linux 8.0
debian debian_linux 9.0
opensuse leap 15.0
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:52:56.513",
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