CVE-2006-0300

GNU tar 1.14-1.15.90 - Buffer Overflow via PAX Extended Headers

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (43)

Core 43

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_trustix

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0010

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430299/100/0/threaded

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/19093

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015705

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5978

Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/18999

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/24966

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html

US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html

Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_openpkg

http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.006-tar.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/18976

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

https://usn.ubuntu.com/257-1/

Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://www.osvdb.org/23371

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/19236

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-987

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0232.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/543

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/480

Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:046

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/19152

Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2006-02/msg00051.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-241646-1

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/18973

US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16764

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2518

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/19130

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5252

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9295

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/20042

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5993

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0684

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/19016

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24855

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6094

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/24479

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-06.xml

Scores

EPSS 0.1881

EPSS Percentile 95.4%

Details

Status published

Products (5)

gnu/tar 1.14

gnu/tar 1.14.1

gnu/tar 1.15

gnu/tar 1.15.1

gnu/tar 1.15.90

Published Feb 24, 2006

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026