CVE-2006-0300

Description

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.

5.1

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 18.81% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory openpkg.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0010	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430299/100/0/threaded	vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015705	vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5978	signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/18999	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966	third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html	vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.006-tar.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18976	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/257-1/	vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/23371	patch vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19236	third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-987	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0232.html	vendor advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
http://secunia.com/advisories/19093	third party advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/543	third party advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/480	third party advisory
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:046	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19152	third party advisory
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2006-02/msg00051.html	mailing list
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-241646-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18973	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16764	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2518	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130	third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5252	signature vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9295	signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/20042	third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5993	signature vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0684	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19016	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24855	vdb entry
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470	vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6094	signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479	third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-06.xml	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-0300?: CVE-2006-0300 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-0300?: To fix CVE-2006-0300, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-0300 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-0300 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~19% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.