Bug 2489842 (CVE-2026-54417) - CVE-2026-54417 microtar: microtar: Denial of Service via crafted tar archive due to integer overflow
Summary: CVE-2026-54417 microtar: microtar: Denial of Service via crafted tar archive ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-54417
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2490695 2490696
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Reported: 2026-06-17 15:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-19 08:58 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-17 15:01:27 UTC
An integer overflow in the mtar_next() function in src/microtar.c in rxi microtar 0.1.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (uncontrolled CPU consumption / infinite loop) via a crafted tar archive. mtar_next() computes the offset to the next record as round_up(h.size, 512) + sizeof(mtar_raw_header_t) using 32-bit arithmetic. When the header size field is a multiple of 512 in the range 0xFFFFFC01-0xFFFFFE00 (e.g. 0xFFFFFE00), the addition wraps to 0, so mtar_next() seeks to the current record position instead of advancing. As a result, mtar_find() and any loop that iterates entries with mtar_next() repeat indefinitely over the same record, hanging the process at 100% CPU with no recovery.


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