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CVE-2006-0300

Buffer overflow in tar 1.14 through 1.15.90 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute code via unspecified vectors involving PAX extended headers.

Published

2006-02-24T00:02:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.1 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	tar	1.14	Yes
Application	gnu	tar	1.14.1	Yes
Application	gnu	tar	1.15	Yes
Application	gnu	tar	1.15.1	Yes
Application	gnu	tar	1.15.90	Yes

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 ([email protected])
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html ([email protected])
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2006-02/msg00051.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18973 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18976 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18999 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/19016 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/19093 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/19152 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/19236 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20042 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966 ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/480 ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/543 ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015705 ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-241646-1 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-987 ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-06.xml ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html ([email protected])
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.006-tar.html ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/23371 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0232.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430299/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16764 ([email protected])
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0010 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0684 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2518 ([email protected])
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:046 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24855 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5252 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5978 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5993 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6094 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9295 ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/257-1/ ([email protected])
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2006-02/msg00051.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18973 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18976 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18999 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19016 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19093 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19152 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19236 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20042 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/480 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/543 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015705 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-241646-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-987 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-06.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.006-tar.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/23371 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0232.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430299/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16764 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0010 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0684 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2518 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:046 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24855 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5252 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5978 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5993 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6094 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9295 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/257-1/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)