Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 24, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-0300
CVE-2006-0300
Description
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.
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References
43- secunia.com/advisories/18976nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18999nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.osvdb.org/23371nvdPatch
- wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18973nvdVendor Advisory
- www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0010nvdVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- docs.info.apple.com/article.htmlnvd
- docs.info.apple.com/article.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.htmlnvd
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2006-02/msg00051.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/19016nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/19093nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/19130nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/19152nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/19236nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20042nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/24479nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/24966nvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/480nvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/543nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-987nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-06.xmlnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.htmlnvd
- www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.006-tar.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0232.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430299/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16764nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0684nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2518nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24855nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5252nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5978nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5993nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6094nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9295nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/257-1/nvd
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