Executive Summary

Summary
Title New tar packages fix arbitrary code execution
Informations
Name DSA-987 First vendor Publication 2006-03-07
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2006-03-07
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 1

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5.1 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 4.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Jim Meyering discovered several buffer overflows in GNU tar, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code through specially crafted tar archives.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.14-2.1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.15.1-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your tar package.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-987

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5252
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5252
Title: Security Vulnerability in GNU tar May Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution or Denial of Service (DoS)
Description: Buffer overflow in tar 1.14 through 1.15.90 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute code via unspecified vectors involving PAX extended headers.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-0300
 Version: 1
Platform(s): Sun Solaris 10
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5978
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5978
Title: Security Vulnerability in GNU tar May Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution or Denial of Service (DoS)
Description: Buffer overflow in tar 1.14 through 1.15.90 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute code via unspecified vectors involving PAX extended headers.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-0300
 Version: 1
Platform(s): Sun Solaris 10
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5993
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5993
Title: Security Vulnerability in GNU tar May Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution or Denial of Service (DoS)
Description: Buffer overflow in tar 1.14 through 1.15.90 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute code via unspecified vectors involving PAX extended headers.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-0300
 Version: 1
Platform(s): Sun Solaris 9
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6094
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6094
Title: Security Vulnerability in GNU tar May Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution or Denial of Service (DoS)
Description: Buffer overflow in tar 1.14 through 1.15.90 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute code via unspecified vectors involving PAX extended headers.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-0300
 Version: 1
Platform(s): Sun Solaris 9
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9295
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9295
Title: Buffer overflow in tar 1.14 through 1.15.90 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute code via unspecified vectors involving PAX extended headers.
Description: Buffer overflow in tar 1.14 through 1.15.90 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute code via unspecified vectors involving PAX extended headers.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-0300
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 5

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-11-17 Name : Mac OS X Version
File : nvt/macosx_version.nasl
2009-06-03 Name : Solaris Update for gtar 118191-03
File : nvt/gb_solaris_118191_03.nasl
2009-06-03 Name : Solaris Update for gtar 118192-03
File : nvt/gb_solaris_118192_03.nasl
2009-06-03 Name : Solaris Update for gtar source 118193-02
File : nvt/gb_solaris_118193_02.nasl
2009-06-03 Name : Solaris Update for gtar source 118194-02
File : nvt/gb_solaris_118194_02.nasl
2009-06-03 Name : Solaris Update for gtar 139099-02
File : nvt/gb_solaris_139099_02.nasl
2009-06-03 Name : Solaris Update for gtar 139100-02
File : nvt/gb_solaris_139100_02.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200603-06 (tar)
File : nvt/glsa_200603_06.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: gtar
File : nvt/freebsd_gtar.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 987-1 (tar)
File : nvt/deb_987_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
23371 GNU tar PAX Extended Headers Handling Overflow

A remote overflow exists in GNU Tar. GNU Tar fails to properly handle PAX extended headers resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted .tar archive, an attacker can cause arbitrary command execution when the victim lists the tar contents or extracts the archive.

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-11-16 GNU tar PAX extended headers handling overflow attempt
RuleID : 32089 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2014-11-16 GNU tar PAX extended headers handling overflow attempt
RuleID : 32088 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2014-11-16 GNU tar PAX extended headers handling overflow attempt
RuleID : 32087 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2014-01-10 GNU tar PAX extended headers handling overflow attempt
RuleID : 16053 - Revision : 10 - Type : FILE-OTHER

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2008-12-02 Name : The remote host is missing Sun Security Patch number 118191-05
File : solaris9_118191.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-02 Name : The remote host is missing Sun Security Patch number 118192-05
File : solaris9_x86_118192.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-08 Name : The remote host is missing Sun Security Patch number 139099-04
File : solaris10_139099.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-08 Name : The remote host is missing Sun Security Patch number 139100-04
File : solaris10_x86_139100.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-04-21 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes a security issue.
File : macosx_SecUpd2007-004.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-03-13 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update which fixes a security issue.
File : macosx_10_4_9.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-10-14 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-987.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-05 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2006-0232.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-05-13 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_6107efb9aae311daaea1000854d03344.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-03-13 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200603-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-03-13 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-257-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-03-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2006-0232.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-02-22 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-046.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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