CVE-2006-0300

Publication date 24 February 2006

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Unknown

Why this priority?

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.

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tar 7.04 feisty
Fixed 1.16-2ubuntu0.1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 1.15.91-2ubuntu0.4
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.15.1-2ubuntu2.2

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-257-1
    • tar vulnerability
    • 23 February 2006

Other references