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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20193

A flaw was found in the src/list.c of tar 1.33 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted input file to tar to cause uncontrol...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

A flaw was found in the src/list.c of tar 1.33 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted input file to tar to cause uncontrolled consumption of memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 tar

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.34+dfsg-1"}]}]

Debian:13 tar

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.34+dfsg-1"}]}]

Debian:14 tar

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.34+dfsg-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org