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CVE-2007-4476 Detail

Description

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

Severity

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/15/2010)

This 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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Hyperlink	Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196978	Third Party Advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691	Third Party Advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705	Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-18.xml	Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021680.1-1	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1566	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:197	Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:233	Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html	Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0141.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0144.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26445	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-650-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-709-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0628	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0629	Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280961	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1861	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7114	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8599	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9336	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00073.html	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information	NIST
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	NIST

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Change History

4 change records found show changes

Modified Analysis by NIST 5/17/2021 3:55:11 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 1.19
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:::::::
Removed	CPE Configuration	AND OR cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:10::enterprise_server::::: OR cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar::::::::*
Changed	Reference Type	http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196978 No Types Assigned	http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196978 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691 No Types Assigned	http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 No Types Assigned	http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/26674 Patch, Vendor Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/26674 Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/26987 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/26987 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/27331 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/27331 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/27453 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/27453 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/27514 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/27514 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/27681 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/27681 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/27857 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/27857 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/28255 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/28255 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/29968 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/29968 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32051 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32051 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33567 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33567 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/39008 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/39008 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-18.xml No Types Assigned	http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-18.xml Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021680.1-1 No Types Assigned	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021680.1-1 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1566 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1566 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:197 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:197 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:233 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:233 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html No Types Assigned	http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html No Types Assigned	http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0141.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0141.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0144.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0144.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26445 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26445 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-650-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-650-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-709-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-709-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0628 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0628 Permissions Required
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0629 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0629 Permissions Required
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280961 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280961 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1861 No Types Assigned	https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1861 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7114 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7114 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8599 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8599 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9336 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9336 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00073.html No Types Assigned	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00073.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html No Types Assigned	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html Third Party Advisory

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 9/28/2017 9:29:17 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7114 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8599 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9336 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7114 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8599 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9336 [No Types Assigned]

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-4476
NVD Published Date:
09/04/2007
NVD Last Modified:
05/17/2021
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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