Base Score

HIGH7.5

CVE-2018-20990

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.

VectorNETWORK

Published Bycve@mitre.org

Published DateAug 26, 2019, 13:15

Affected Versions(1)

tar(crates.io)

Introduced0

Fixed0.4.16

LimitN/A

Package (Ecosystem)	Introduced	Fixed	Limit
tar(crates.io)	0	0.4.16	N/A

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-59

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

7.5

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Base Severity

HIGH

Version

3.0

Attack Vector (AV)

NETWORK

Attack Complexity (AC)

LOW

Privileges Required (PR)

NONE

User Interaction (UI)

NONE

Scope (S)

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality (C)

NONE

Integrity (I)

HIGH

Availability (A)

NONE

References

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0002.html

Base Score

HIGH7.5

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-59

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

7.5

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Base Severity

HIGH

Version

3.0

Attack Vector (AV)

NETWORK

Attack Complexity (AC)

LOW

Privileges Required (PR)

NONE

User Interaction (UI)

NONE

Scope (S)

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality (C)

NONE

Integrity (I)

HIGH

Availability (A)

NONE