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

Severity

low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.75% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-TAR-1560782
  • published 5 Sep 2007
  • disclosed 5 Sep 2007
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Introduced: 5 Sep 2007

CVE-2007-4476 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How 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

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

7.3 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

7.3 high