| Name | CVE-2018-20990 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.16 for Rust. Arbitrary file overwrite can occur via a symlink or hardlink in a TAR archive. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| rust-tar (PTS) | buster | 0.4.20-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.4.26-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.4.38-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.4.40-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| rust-tar | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- rust-tar <not-affected> (Fixed with initial upload to archive)
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0002.html