CVE-2007-4476
N/A
Published: September 5, 2007 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:44 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxTar
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 15%
Description
Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (37)
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196978x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/26674Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119NVD-CWE-noinfo
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