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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-4476

Original release date:09/05/2007
Last revised:02/20/2009
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:7.5 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (10/22/2007)
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-4476 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26674
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26674
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-709-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-709-1
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-650-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-650-1
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2007:018
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33567
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33567
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32051
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32051
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2007-2673
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2007-735
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00073.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1861
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1861
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280961
Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280961
External Source: BID
Name: 26445
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26445
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2007:019
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:233
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:233
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:197
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:197
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1566
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1566
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1438
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200711-18
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-18.xml
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29968
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29968
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28255
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28255
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27857
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27857
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27681
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27681
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27514
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27514
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27453
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27453
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27331
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27331
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26987
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26987
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196978
Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196978

Vulnerable software and versions

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Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4476