CVE-2019-9923

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.4

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2019-9923 are affected in GNU Tar 1.31Windows
SUSE-SU-2020:2806-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) tar-1.27.1-15.6.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2020:2806-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) tar-debuginfo-1.27.1-15.6.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2020:2806-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) tar-debugsource-1.27.1-15.6.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2020:2806-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) tar-lang-1.27.1-15.6.3.noarch.rpmLinux
GNU version of the tar archiving utility (USN-4692-1) tar_1.29b-2ubuntu0.2_i386.debLinux
GNU version of the tar archiving utility (USN-4692-1) tar_1.29b-2ubuntu0.2_amd64.debLinux
GNU version of the tar archiving utility (USN-4692-1) tar_1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2_i386.debLinux
GNU version of the tar archiving utility (USN-4692-1) tar_1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2_amd64.debLinux
GNU version of the tar archiving utility (USN-4692-1) tar_1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.1_i386.debLinux
GNU version of the tar archiving utility (USN-4692-1) tar_1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.1_amd64.debLinux
GNU version of the tar archiving utility (USN-4692-1) tar_1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.10.1_i386.debLinux
GNU version of the tar archiving utility (USN-4692-1) tar_1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.10.1_amd64.debLinux
SUSE-SU-2023:2507-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 ) kernel-azure-4.12.14-16.136.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2023:2507-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 ) kernel-azure-base-4.12.14-16.136.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2023:2507-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 ) kernel-azure-base-debuginfo-4.12.14-16.136.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2023:2507-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 ) kernel-azure-debuginfo-4.12.14-16.136.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2023:2507-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 ) kernel-azure-debugsource-4.12.14-16.136.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2023:2507-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 ) kernel-azure-devel-4.12.14-16.136.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2023:2507-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 ) kernel-devel-azure-4.12.14-16.136.1.noarch.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2023:2507-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 ) kernel-source-azure-4.12.14-16.136.1.noarch.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2023:2507-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 ) kernel-syms-azure-4.12.14-16.136.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability (CVE-2019-9923)NCM

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234