Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability in tar-fs before 1.16.2

CVE-2018-20835 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

A vulnerability was found in tar-fs before 1.16.2. An Arbitrary File Overwrite issue exists when extracting a tarball containing a hardlink to a file that already exists on the system, in conjunction with a later plain file with the same name as the hardlink. This plain file content replaces the existing file content.

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