Out-of-Bounds Affecting tar package, versions <1.18-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-TAR-1560782
- published 5 Sep 2007
- disclosed 5 Sep 2007
Introduced: 5 Sep 2007
CVE-2007-4476 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 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:12 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."
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4476
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1566
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-18.xml
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196978
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1861
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00073.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0628
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0629
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7114
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8599
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9336
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280961
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26674
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26987
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27331
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27453
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27514
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27681
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27857
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28255
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29968
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32051
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33567
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39008
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26445
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-650-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-709-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:197
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:233
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0141.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0144.html
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021680.1-1
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