Description
Multiple integer overflows in the th_read function in lib/block.c in libtar before 1.2.20 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) name or (2) link in an archive, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected products
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n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://lists.feep.net:8080/pipermail/libtar/2013-October/000361.html ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1418.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55253 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029166 ↗
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/10/6 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55188 ↗
- http://repo.or.cz/w/libtar.git/commitdiff/45448e8bae671c2f7e80b860ae0fc0cedf2bdc04 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040106 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2817 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62922 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/10/4 ↗