Vulnerability · Published Mar 27, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-39804
Medium 6.2
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the tar package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In GNU tar before 1.35, mishandled extension attributes in a PAX archive can lead to an application crash in xheader.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | tar | 1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39804 |
| Debian:13 | tar | 1.34+dfsg-1.3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39804 |
| Debian:14 | tar | 1.34+dfsg-1.3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39804 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | tar | 1.34+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1.22.04.2 | USN-6543-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | tar | 1.34+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1.22.04.2 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-39804 |