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CVE-2007-4476

Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."

Published

2007-09-05T01:17:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	tar	< 1.19	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	4.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	6.06	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	7.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	7.10	Yes

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196978 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26674 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26987 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27331 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27453 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27514 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27681 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27857 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28255 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29968 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32051 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33567 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/39008 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-18.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021680.1-1 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1566 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:197 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:233 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0141.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0144.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26445 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-650-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-709-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0628 Permissions Required ([email protected])
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280961 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1861 Broken Link ([email protected])
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8599 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9336 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00073.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196978 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26674 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26987 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27331 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27453 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27514 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27681 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27857 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28255 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29968 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32051 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33567 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39008 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-18.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021680.1-1 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1566 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:197 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:233 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0141.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0144.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26445 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-650-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-709-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0628 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0629 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280961 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1861 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7114 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8599 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9336 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00073.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)