// For flags

CVE-2006-0300

 

Severity Score

9.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2006-01-18 CVE Reserved
  • 2006-02-24 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
References (45)
URL Tag Source
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 X_refsource_confirm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 X_refsource_confirm
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2006-02/msg00051.html Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/19016 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19093 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19152 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19236 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20042 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966 Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/480 Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/543 Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015705 Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16764 Vdb Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0684 Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2518 Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24855 Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5252 Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5978 Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5993 Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6094 Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9295 Signature
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/18976 2018-10-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/18999 2018-10-19
http://www.osvdb.org/23371 2018-10-19
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:046 2018-10-19
URL Date SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html 2018-10-19
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html 2018-10-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/18973 2018-10-19
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-241646-1 2018-10-19
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-987 2018-10-19
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-06.xml 2018-10-19
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html 2018-10-19
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.006-tar.html 2018-10-19
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0232.html 2018-10-19
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430299/100/0/threaded 2018-10-19
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0010 2018-10-19
https://usn.ubuntu.com/257-1 2018-10-19
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0300 2006-03-01
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617881 2006-03-01
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Gnu
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 Tar
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 1.14
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Affected
Gnu
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 Tar
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 1.14.1
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-
Affected
Gnu
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 Tar
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 1.15
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-
Affected
Gnu
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 Tar
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 1.15.1
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Affected
Gnu
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 Tar
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 1.15.90
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Affected