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.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tar | Gnu | 1.14 (including) | 1.14 (including) |
| Tar | Gnu | 1.14.1 (including) | 1.14.1 (including) |
| Tar | Gnu | 1.15 (including) | 1.15 (including) |
| Tar | Gnu | 1.15.1 (including) | 1.15.1 (including) |
| Tar | Gnu | 1.15.90 (including) | 1.15.90 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | RedHat | tar-0:1.14-9.RHEL4 | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
| Tar | Ubuntu | feisty | * |
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2006-02/msg00051.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18973
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18976
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18999
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19016
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19093
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19130
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19152
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19236
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20042
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/480
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/543
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015705
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-241646-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-987
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-06.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.006-tar.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/23371
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0232.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430299/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16764
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0010
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0684
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2518
- http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:046
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24855
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5252
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5978
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5993
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6094
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9295
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/257-1/
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2006-02/msg00051.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18973
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18976
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18999
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19016
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19093
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19130
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19152
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19236
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20042
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/480
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/543
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015705
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-241646-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-987
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-06.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.006-tar.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/23371
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0232.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430299/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16764
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0010
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0684
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2518
- http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:046
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24855
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5252
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5978
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5993
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6094
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9295
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/257-1/