CVE-2007-4476

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

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*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".

*Credits: N/A

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
2007-11-14 First Exploit
2024-07-09 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE 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	2007-11-14

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 Search vendor "Gnu"		Tar Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Tar"				< 1.19 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Tar" and version " < 1.19"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				3.1 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "3.1"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				4.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				6.06 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "6.06"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				7.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "7.04"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				7.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "7.10"		-		Affected