Buffer overflow in tar 1.14 through 1.15.90 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.2% · top 7.5% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (43)

• 2006-0010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
• FLSA:183571-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 1015705 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5978 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 18999 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 24966 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2006:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• TA07-072A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• OpenPKG-SA-2006.006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
• 18976 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-257-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 23371 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 19236 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2007-03-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• DSA-987 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0232 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 19093 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 543 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 480 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 19152 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [Bug-tar] 20060220 tar 1.15.90 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 241646 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 18973 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• TA07-109A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 16764 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2518 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 19130 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5252 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9295 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 20042 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5993 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• ADV-2006-0684 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 19016 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2007-0930 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• gnu-tar-pax-headers-bo(24855) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2007-04-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• ADV-2007-1470 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6094 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 24479 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200603-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 16:34 UTC.