CVE-2023-39804 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting GNU tar versions prior to 1.35, where mishandling of extension attributes in a PAX archive can cause an application crash. With a CVSS score of 6.2, it has a local attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVE-2023-39804
Nov 12, 2024HP ThinPro 8.1 SP 2 Security Updates
Apr 12, 2024HP ThinPro 8.1 SP 2 Security Updates
Apr 12, 2024In GNU tar before 1.35 mishandled extension attributes in a PAX archive can lead to an application crash in xheader.c.
Mar 12, 2024tar: Incorrectly handled extension attributes in PAX archives can lead to a crash
Dec 11, 2023