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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2007-4476 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."

published 2007-09-05 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-4459

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.9%
EPSS 14.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."

Patch / fix

  • gnu tar 1.19
  • tar Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.18-1
  • cpio Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.9-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4476

  • cpio RHEL 5 2.6-23.el5_4.1
  • tar RHEL 4 1.14-13.el4_8.1
  • tar RHEL 5 2:1.15.1-23.0.1.el5_4.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0144RHSA-2010:0141

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-4476 updated cvss 2.6

tar/cpio stack crashing in safer_name_suffix

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) cpio 2.6-23.el5_4.1, tar 1.15.1-23.0.1.el5_4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 tar 1.14-13.el4_8.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) cpio 2.6-23.el5_4.1, tar 1.15.1-23.0.1.el5_4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 tar 1.14-13.el4_8.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 tar 1.14-13.el4_8.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 tar 1.14-13.el4_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0141

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-30766)

Exploit prediction

14.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-30766 GNU TAR 1.15.91 / CPIO 2.5.90 - 'safer_name_suffix' Remote Denial of Service dos, 2007-11-14

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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