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A malformed GNU sparse number in a pax extended header leaked a bare ValueError from _proc_gnusparse_01, _proc_gnusparse_10, and the GNU.sparse.size/realsize branches, unlike the GNU sparse 0.0 handler. Raise InvalidHeaderError from those sites, giving the GNU sparse family one behavior on a corrupt header.
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…x numbers in tarfile
When a pax extended header carried a malformed GNU sparse number, tarfile
parsed it with a bare int() and let the resulting ValueError escape to the
caller from _proc_gnusparse_01, _proc_gnusparse_10, and the GNU.sparse.size
and GNU.sparse.realsize branches of _apply_pax_info, unlike the GNU sparse
0.0 handler which already reports such corruption as InvalidHeaderError. Wrap
those conversions so a bad number raises tarfile.InvalidHeaderError, which the
reader treats as end of archive, giving the whole GNU sparse family
consistent behavior on a corrupt header.
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