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CVE-2006-0300 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
gnu tar	1.14 1.14.1 1.15 1.15.1 1.15.90
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.14.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.90:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 19, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 20, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 24, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]