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title: "CVE-2007-4476\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-4476

Publication date 5 September 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Buffer overflow in the safer\_name\_suffix function in GNU tar has
unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-4476?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cpio | 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 2.8-1ubuntu2.2 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.6-17ubuntu0.7.04.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.6-10ubuntu0.3 |
| tar | 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1.18-2ubuntu1.1 |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.15.1-2ubuntu2.3 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-4476?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

1.19 has the fixes, 1.18 as included in Gutsy does not

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| cpio | * Other:   <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cpio/+bug/161173> * Vendor:   <http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1566> |
| tar | * Vendor:   <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=5;filename=tar-paxlib-owl-alloca.patch;att=1;bug=441444> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4476)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4476)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-4476)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4476)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-709-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-709-1)
+ tar vulnerability
+ 15 January 2009

+ [USN-650-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-650-1)
+ cpio vulnerability
+ 2 October 2008

### Other references

* <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=441444>
* <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280961>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4476>