Fixed
Created: Jan 1, 2019
Updated: Feb 27, 2019
Resolved Date: Jan 9, 2019
Found In Version: 8.0.0.28
Fix Version: 8.0.0.29
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8
Component/s: Userspace
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).
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20482
