CVE-2006-0300 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2006-0300 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	5.1
Vector	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	High
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 151516 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SR:2006:005, published Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:00:00 +0000

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0	`tar >= 1.35-1.1`	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 GA tar-1.35-1.1
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1	`tar >= 1.35-slfo.1.1_1.2`	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 GA tar-1.35-slfo.1.1_1.2
openSUSE Tumbleweed	`tar >= 1.34-2.2` `tar-backup-scripts >= 1.34-2.2` `tar-doc >= 1.34-2.2` `tar-lang >= 1.34-2.2` `tar-rmt >= 1.34-2.2` `tar-tests >= 1.34-2.2`	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11422

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 01:26:34 2013
CVE page last modified: Sat Nov 1 19:17:25 2025