CVE-2023-39804

  1. OpenCVE
  2. Vulnerabilities (CVE)
  3. CVE-2023-39804
In GNU tar before 1.35, mishandled extension attributes in a PAX archive can lead to an application crash in xheader.c.

6.2 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.5 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1058079 Mailing List
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=a339f05cd269013fa133d2f148d73f6f7d4247e4 Patch
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/tree/src/xheader.c?h=release_1_34#n1723 Product
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1058079 Mailing List
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=a339f05cd269013fa133d2f148d73f6f7d4247e4 Patch
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/tree/src/xheader.c?h=release_1_34#n1723 Product
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

29 Jul 2025, 23:31

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1058079 - () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1058079 - Mailing List
References () https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=a339f05cd269013fa133d2f148d73f6f7d4247e4 - () https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=a339f05cd269013fa133d2f148d73f6f7d4247e4 - Patch
References () https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/tree/src/xheader.c?h=release_1_34#n1723 - () https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/tree/src/xheader.c?h=release_1_34#n1723 - Product
First Time Gnu tar
Gnu
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo

21 Nov 2024, 08:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1058079 - () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1058079 -
References () https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=a339f05cd269013fa133d2f148d73f6f7d4247e4 - () https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=a339f05cd269013fa133d2f148d73f6f7d4247e4 -
References () https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/tree/src/xheader.c?h=release_1_34#n1723 - () https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/tree/src/xheader.c?h=release_1_34#n1723 -

12 Nov 2024, 19:35

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.2

27 Mar 2024, 04:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2024-03-27 04:15

Updated : 2025-07-29 23:31

NVD link : CVE-2023-39804

Mitre link : CVE-2023-39804

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-39804

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Products Affected

gnu

  • tar
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo