Out-of-Bounds Affecting tar package, versions <1.18-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.93% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-TAR-312323
  • published5 Sept 2007
  • disclosed5 Sept 2007

Introduced: 5 Sep 2007

CVE-2007-4476  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 tar to version 1.18-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tar package and not the tar package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

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