Bug 182404 - SA18973 GNU Tar PAX Extended Headers Handling Buffer Overflow
Summary: SA18973 GNU Tar PAX Extended Headers Handling Buffer Overflow
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 181773
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: tar
Version: 4
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Peter Vrabec
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
URL: http://secunia.com/advisories/18973/
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-02-22 12:23 UTC by Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-02-22 13:42:34 UTC
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Description Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams 2006-02-22 12:23:32 UTC 
"A vulnerability has been reported in GNU Tar, which potentially can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and to
compromise a user's system."

"The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.15.1. Prior versions may also
be affected."
Comment 1 Peter Vrabec 2006-02-22 13:42:34 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 181773 ***
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