Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2013-4397 First vendor Publication 2013-10-17
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Multiple integer overflows in the th_read function in lib/block.c in libtar before 1.2.20 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) name or (2) link in an archive, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4397

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20857
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20857
Title: DSA-2817-1 libtar - Multiple integer overflows
Description: Timo Warns reported multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in libtar, a library for manipulating tar archives, which can result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2817-1
CVE-2013-4397
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/Linux 7
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7
 Product(s): libtar
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27463
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27463
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2013-1418 -- libtar security update (moderate)
Description: [1.2.11-17.el6_4.1] - fix CVE-2013-4397: buffer overflows by expanding a specially-crafted archive
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2013-1418
CVE-2013-4397
 Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
 Product(s): libtar
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 9
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-02-05 Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.
File : f5_bigip_SOL16015326.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-02-23 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201402-19.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-12-16 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2817.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-11-11 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-18877.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-10-21 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-18808.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-10-20 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-18785.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-10-20 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2013-253.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-10-13 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2013-1418.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-10-11 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-1418.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-10-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2013-1418.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-10-11 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20131010_libtar_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://repo.or.cz/w/libtar.git/commitdiff/45448e8bae671c2f7e80b860ae0fc0cedf2...
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1418.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/55188
http://secunia.com/advisories/55253
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2817
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/10/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/10/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62922
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029166
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040106
https://lists.feep.net:8080/pipermail/libtar/2013-October/000361.html
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01
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