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ubuntuUbuntuUSN-709-1
HistoryJan 15, 2009 - 12:00 a.m.

tar vulnerability

2009-01-1500:00:00
ubuntu.com
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7.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

0.006 Low

EPSS

Percentile

78.8%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 7.10
  • Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

  • tar -

Details

Dmitry V. Levin discovered a buffer overflow in tar. If a user or automated
system were tricked into opening a specially crafted tar file, an attacker
could crash tar or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user invoking the program.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu7.10noarchtar< 1.18-2ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu6.06noarchtar< 1.15.1-2ubuntu2.3UNKNOWN

7.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

0.006 Low

EPSS

Percentile

78.8%