VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-4476
Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."
HIGH 7.5EPSS 14.9%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.9%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 14.90% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- gnu/tar · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196978Third Party Advisory
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691Third Party Advisory
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26674Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26987Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27331Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27453Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27514Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27681Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27857Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28255Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29968Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32051Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33567Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39008Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-18.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021680.1-1Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1566Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:197Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:233Broken Link
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0141.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0144.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26445Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-650-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-709-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0628Permissions Required
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0629Permissions Required
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.