CVE-2006-0300

Published: 24 February 2006

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.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
tar Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (1.15.1-2ubuntu2.2)
	edgy	Released (1.15.91-2ubuntu0.4)
	feisty	Released (1.16-2ubuntu0.1)
	upstream	Needs triage

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-257-1
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0300
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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