CVE-2023-39804

MEDIUM

GNU tar < 1.35 - Denial of Service via PAX Archive Extension Attributes

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In GNU tar before 1.35, mishandled extension attributes in a PAX archive can lead to an application crash in xheader.c.

References (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 6.2
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 10.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (1)
gnu/tar < 1.35
Published Mar 27, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026