CVE-2007-4476 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability within the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar, impacting various distributions including Canonical and Debian Linux. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to a "crashing stack" and resulting in partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild, a denial-of-service exploit for GNU TAR 1.15.91 / CPIO 2.5.90 exists on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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