7.5
HIGH
CVE-2007-4476
GNU tar Buffer Overflow
Description
Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 5, 2007, 1:17 a.m.
Last Modified :
May 17, 2021, 7:55 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
10.0
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2007-4476
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2007-4476.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2007-4476 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2007-4476 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
May. 17, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value 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 Removed CPE Configuration AND OR cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:10:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.19 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9336 [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] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9336 [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%3A7114 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 08, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 05, 2007
Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity
being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS
score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-4476 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-4476
weaknesses.
CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call
CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities
CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion
CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File
CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links
CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags
CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion
CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers
CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.68 }} -0.06%
score
0.80163
percentile
CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability