GHSA-x2mc-8fgj-3wmr

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Improper Input Validation in tar-fs

view advisory published 2019-05-01Licence: CC-BY-4.0

A vulnerability was found in tar-fs before 1.16.2. An Arbitrary File Overwrite issue exists when extracting a tarball containing a hardlink to a file that already exists on the system, in conjunction with a later plain file with the same name as the hardlink. This plain file content replaces the existing file content.

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IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2018-20835UShigh7.5—
A vulnerability was found in tar-fs before 1.16.2. An Arbitrary File Overwrite issue exists when extracting a tarball containing a hardlink to a file that already exists on the sys…
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