CVE-2018-20990

NONE EPSS 74.0%
Published Aug 26, 20196y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
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Published Aug 26, 2019 6y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.16 for Rust. Arbitrary file overwrite can occur via a symlink or hardlink in a TAR archive.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
74.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-59

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
tar_projecttar* <0.4.16

References 1

  • rustsec.org https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0002.html
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.