High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 22, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-9923
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.
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Affected products
17- osv-coords13 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/tar&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/tar&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/tar&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.0pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5
< 1.30-lp150.7.1+ 12 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.30-lp150.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34-150000.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34-2.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34-150000.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34-150000.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34-150000.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.30-3.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34-150000.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.27.1-14.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34-150000.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.27.1-14.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.27.1-15.6.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.27.1-15.6.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/nvdMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
- bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/1810241nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00077.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Envd
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