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CVE-2007-4476

GNU TAR 1.15.91 / CPIO 2.5.90 - 'safer_name_suffix' Remote Denial of Service

Severity Score

10.0
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."

Desbordamiento de búfer en la función safer_name_suffix en GNU tar tienen un vector de ataque sin especificar y un impacto, teniendo como resultado una "caida de pila".

Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU cpio has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a crashing stack. This problem is originally found in tar, but affects cpio too, due to similar code fragments. Directory traversal vulnerability in cpio 2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in a cpio file. This is an old issue, affecting only Mandriva Corporate Server 4 and Mandriva Linux 2007.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2007-08-22 CVE Reserved
  • 2007-09-05 CVE Published
  • 2017-11-14 First Exploit
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2025-05-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CAPEC
References (37)
URL Tag Source
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196978 Third Party Advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691 Third Party Advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26987 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27331 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27453 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27514 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27681 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27857 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28255 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29968 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32051 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33567 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39008 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26445 Third Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1861 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7114 Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8599 Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9336 Signature
URL Date SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30766 2017-11-14
URL Date SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/26674 2021-05-17
URL Date SRC
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-18.xml 2021-05-17
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021680.1-1 2021-05-17
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438 2021-05-17
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1566 2021-05-17
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:197 2021-05-17
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:233 2021-05-17
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html 2021-05-17
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html 2021-05-17
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0141.html 2021-05-17
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0144.html 2021-05-17
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-650-1 2021-05-17
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-709-1 2021-05-17
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280961 2010-03-16
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00073.html 2021-05-17
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html 2021-05-17
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4476 2010-03-16
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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 < 1.19
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Debian
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 Debian Linux
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 3.1
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Debian
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 Debian Linux
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 4.0
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Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
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 6.06
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Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
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 7.04
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Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
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 7.10
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