| Name | CVE-2023-39804 |
| Description | In GNU tar before 1.35, mishandled extension attributes in a PAX archive can lead to an application crash in xheader.c. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3755-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1058079 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| tar (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.27.1-2+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.29b-1.1+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1.30+dfsg-6+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.34+dfsg-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.35+dfsg-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| tar | source | buster | 1.30+dfsg-6+deb10u1 | | DLA-3755-1 | |
| tar | source | bullseye | 1.34+dfsg-1+deb11u1 | | | |
| tar | source | bookworm | 1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1 | | | |
| tar | source | (unstable) | 1.34+dfsg-1.3 | | | 1058079 |
Notes
Fixed by: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=a339f05cd269013fa133d2f148d73f6f7d4247e4 (v1.35)
[stretch] - tar <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - tar <no-dsa> (Minor issue)