CVE-2007-4476
Published Sep 5, 2007
Last updated 3 years ago
Overview
- Description
- Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.5
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-119
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Vendor comments
- Red HatThis issue was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0141.html for tar. It did not affect the version of tar as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. This issue was also addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0144.html for cpio. It did not affect the version of cpio as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.
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