vulnwire
7.5high

CVE-2007-4476in critical feed1 exploit

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

Published 19 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
14.9%
percentile 97%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

14.90% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-30766 GNU TAR 1.15.91 / CPIO 2.5.90 - 'safer_name_suffix' Remote Denial of Service · dos · 2007-11-14

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

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  • secunia.com /advisories/27331 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/32051 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/29968 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
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  • secunia.com /advisories/27681 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
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  • debian.org /security/2008/dsa-1566 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
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  • debian.org /security/2007/dsa-1438 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • mandriva.com /security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:233 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00073.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9336 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/27857 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2010/0629 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/glsa-200711-18.xml · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • mandriva.com /security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:197 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/26987 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7114 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • novell.com /linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2010/0628 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2010-0141.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/28255 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33567 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/39008 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • kb.juniper.net /InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • kb.juniper.net /InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/usn-650-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/26674 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=280961 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugs.gentoo.org /show_bug.cgi?id=196978 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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