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:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  • tar >= 1.35-160000.2.2
  • tar-backup-scripts >= 1.35-160000.2.2
  • tar-doc >= 1.35-160000.2.2
  • tar-lang >= 1.35-160000.2.2
  • tar-rmt >= 1.35-160000.2.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 GA tar-1.35-160000.2.2
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: Sun Nov 2 12:15:05 2025