CVE-2021-20193

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20193
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-20193.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-20193
Downstream
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DEBIAN (1)
JLSEC (1)
MGASA (1)
OESA (1)
openSUSE (2)
SUSE (3)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
openSUSE (2)
SUSE (3)
Published
2021-03-26T17:15:12Z
Modified
2026-09-12T14:06:24Z
Severity
  • 3.3 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in the src/list.c of tar 1.33 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted input file to tar to cause uncontrolled consumption of memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

References

Affected packages

Git / cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
d9d4435692150fa8ff68e1b1a473d187cc3fd777
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "source":  "REFERENCES"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-20193.json"

Git / https.git.savannah.gnu.org/git/tar.git/

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://https.git.savannah.gnu.org/git/tar.git/
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last Affected
0836a5114770e12ef4f4ebb3972868ba844f43f5
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "1.33"
        }
    ],
    "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
}

Affected versions

Other
alpha_1_13_93
alpha_1_15_90
alpha_1_15_90_incremental_1
alpha_1_15_91
old
release_1_14
release_1_15
release_1_15_1
release_1_16
release_1_16_1
release_1_17
release_1_18
release_1_19
release_1_20
release_1_21
release_1_22
release_1_23
release_1_24
release_1_26
release_1_27
release_1_27_1
release_1_28
release_1_29
release_1_30
release_1_31
release_1_32
release_1_33

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-20193.json"