In GNU tar before 1.35, mishandled extension attributes in a PAX archive can lead to an application crash in xheader.c.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tar | Gnu | * | 1.35 (excluding) |
| Tar | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | esm-infra-legacy/trusty | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | esm-infra/bionic | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | esm-infra/focal | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | esm-infra/xenial | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | jammy | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | lunar | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | mantic | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1058079
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=a339f05cd269013fa133d2f148d73f6f7d4247e4
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/tree/src/xheader.c?h=release_1_34#n1723
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1058079
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=a339f05cd269013fa133d2f148d73f6f7d4247e4
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/tree/src/xheader.c?h=release_1_34#n1723
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00008.html