DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4476

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

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: tar security update

An updated tar package that fixes a buffer overflow bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having Moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The GNU tar program saves many files together in one archive and can restore individual fil...