debian · CVE-2021-20193

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Priority: unimportant Published: Updated: Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:01:25 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2021-20193 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (tar), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

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.

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