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FreeBSD : gtar -- invalid headers buffer overflow (6107efb9-aae3-11da-aea1-000854d03344)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21437

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

GNU tar is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking of the PAX extended headers. By tricking an user into processing a specially crafted tar archive, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0cc80517

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21437

File Name: freebsd_pkg_6107efb9aae311daaea1000854d03344.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 5/13/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:gtar, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0300

BID: 16764