CVE catalog
CVE-2018-20990
rust-tar: CVE-2018-20990
- Severity
- Low
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.68% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | rust-tar | sid | 0.4.46-1 | not affected |
| Debian | rust-tar | forky | 0.4.46-1 | not affected |
| Debian | rust-tar | trixie | 0.4.43-4 | not affected |
| Debian | rust-tar | bookworm | 0.4.38-1 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | rust-tar | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | rust-tar | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | rust-tar | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | rust-tar | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [librust-tar-dev]Not affected
Source package: [rust-tar]
Details (2)
0.4.38-1· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · rust-tar · debian · bookworm
0.4.38-1· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · rust-tar · debian · bookworm
Observed: