Vulnerability in Gnu Tar

CVE-2006-0300

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.

EPSS: 0.051 (91.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gnu Tar — versions 1.14, 1.14.1, 1.15
  • N/a — versions n/a

References