{"action":"Upgrade tar to 1.30+dfsg-3.1 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"1.30+dfsg-3.1","introduced":"0"}],"component":"tar","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:13","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["1.30+dfsg-3.1"],"id":"tcs_01M5NDAV0DRXRB1XDXTXM4BF9F","modified_at":"2026-10-15T07:47:37.949839760Z","published_at":"2018-12-26T18:29:00.373Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20482","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20482"],"severity":{"label":"medium","score":4.7},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20482#Debian:13/tar","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/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)"}