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CVE-2018-20990
CVE-2018-20990
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.30% · 53.6th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.30%
53.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | rust-tar | 0.4.26-1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | rust-tar | 0.4.43-4, 0 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | rust-tar | 0, 0.4.40-1, 0.4.38-2 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS | rust-tar | 0.4.37-1, 0.4.37-3, * |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Jun 29, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20990 third-party-advisory
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0002.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20990 third-party-advisory