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CVE-2018-20990 Details

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.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0002.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0002.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-59	Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')	[email protected]

Product	Versions
tar project tar	< 0.4.16
CPE cpe:2.3:a:tar_project:tar:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

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