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CVE-2006-0300

Buffer overflow in tar 1.14 through 1.15.90 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application cra

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1 EPSS 0.18808
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 5% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
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Affected Products & Versions

1
gnu tarall versions

Scoring & Timeline

5.1
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD24 Feb 2006 · 12:02 AM

Vendor Advisories

3
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11422-1
rhsaRHSA-2006:0232Moderate
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References & Sources

43
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