CVE-2007-4476

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4476
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-09-05 01:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Application Gnu Tar All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 280961 – CVE-2007-4476 tar/cpio stack crashing in safer_name_suffix af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
GNU TAR and CPIO safer_name_suffix Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: tar-1.15.1-28.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Debian update for cpio - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for tar - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
USN-709-1: tar vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA32051 - Ubuntu update for cpio - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Cpio: Buffer overflow — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1861 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1566-1 cpio af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Mandriva update for cpio - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
Red Hat update for tar - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Broken Link
rPath update for cpio and tar - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for tar - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Bug 196978 - app-arch/cpio safer_name_suffix buffer overflow (CVE-2007-4476) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Broken Link
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDKSA-2007:233 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: tar-1.15.1-27.fc6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDKSA-2007:197 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Debian update for tar - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1438-1 tar af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net Third Party Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu update for tar - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Gentoo update for cpio - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
USN-650-1: cpio vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
2015-07 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple vulnerabilities in CTPView - Juniper Networks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-03-15Mark J CoxThis issue was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0141.html for tar. It did not affect the version of tar as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. This issue was also addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0144.html for cpio. It did not affect the version of cpio as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.
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