CVE-2021-20193 (GCVE-0-2021-20193)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-26 16:41 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:30
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-401 - >CWE-125
Assigner
References
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1917565 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59897 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-29 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
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