CVE-2006-0300

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-02-24 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

GNU Tar: 1.14, 1.14.1, 1.15, 1.15.1, 1.15.90

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2006-02/msg00051.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18973
http://secunia.com/advisories/18976
http://secunia.com/advisories/18999
http://secunia.com/advisories/19016
http://secunia.com/advisories/19093
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130
http://secunia.com/advisories/19152

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