CVE-2007-4476

NameCVE-2007-4476
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1438-1, DSA-1566-1
Debian Bugs441444, 449222

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
cpio (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.11+dfsg-4.1+deb8u4fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2.11+dfsg-6+deb9u1fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)2.12+dfsg-9+deb10u1fixed
bullseye2.13+dfsg-7.1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm2.13+dfsg-7.1fixed
sid, trixie2.15+dfsg-2fixed
tar (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.27.1-2+deb8u2fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch1.29b-1.1+deb9u1fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1.30+dfsg-6+deb10u1fixed
bullseye1.34+dfsg-1+deb11u1fixed
bookworm1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie1.35+dfsg-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
cpiosourceetch2.6-18.1+etch1DSA-1566-1
cpiosource(unstable)2.9-5low449222
tarsourcesarge1.14-2.4DSA-1438-1
tarsourceetch1.16-2etch1DSA-1438-1
tarsource(unstable)1.18-1low441444

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