CVE-2006-0300

Name	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; oss-sec, fulldisc, OSVDB, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, more)
References	DSA-987-1
NVD severity	medium (attack range: remote, user-initiated)
Debian Bugs	354091
Debian/oldstable	not vulnerable.
Debian/stable	not vulnerable.
Debian/testing	not vulnerable.
Debian/unstable	not vulnerable.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
dpkg (PTS)	squeeze, squeeze (security)	1.15.11	fixed
	wheezy, wheezy (security)	1.16.15	fixed
	jessie, sid	1.17.24	fixed
tar (PTS)	squeeze	1.23-3	fixed
	wheezy	1.26+dfsg-0.1	fixed
	jessie, sid	1.27.1-2	fixed

The information above is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
dpkg	source	(unstable)	(not affected)
tar	source	(unstable)	1.15.1-3	high		354091
tar	source	sarge	1.14-2.1	medium	DSA-987-1
tar	source	woody	(not affected)

- dpkg <not-affected> (has completely different tar implementation)