Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package tar Open this link in a new tab

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Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1810-TAR-312299
published 26 Dec 2018
disclosed 26 Dec 2018

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Introduced: 26 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20482 Open this link in a new tab CWE-835 Open this link in a new tab

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tar package and not the tar package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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).

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package tar Open this link in a new tab

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Introduced: 26 Dec 2018

Amendment

NVD Description

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