tar — security advisory

{
  "id": "cc3f65adbf41e408ffee03a250d06b8105234bfed1d5e4db1226df439d6d44f7",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20482",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20482",
    "summary": "GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite read loop in sparse_dump_region in sparse.c) by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process (e.g., a system backup running as root).",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20482",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "tar",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.30+dfsg-3.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "tar",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.30+dfsg-3.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "tar",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.30+dfsg-3.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20482",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20482"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.30+dfsg-3.1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "tar",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/tar?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20482.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.30+dfsg-3.1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "tar",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/tar?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20482.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.30+dfsg-3.1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "tar",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/tar?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20482.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-15T07:47:37.949839760Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2018-20482"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20482"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-20482",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 322323,
  "published_at": "2018-12-26T18:29:00.373+00:00"
}