CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2013-4397

Published: Oct 17, 2013 | Modified: Feb 13, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
5.1 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Multiple integer overflows in the th_read function in lib/block.c in libtar before 1.2.20 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) name or (2) link in an archive, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Enterprise_linux Redhat 6.0 (including) 6.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat libtar-0:1.2.11-17.el6_4.1 *
Libtar Ubuntu lucid *
Libtar Ubuntu precise *
Libtar Ubuntu quantal *
Libtar Ubuntu raring *
Libtar Ubuntu saucy *
Libtar Ubuntu upstream *

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