| 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; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-987-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 354091 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| dpkg (PTS) | bullseye | 1.20.13 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1.20.10 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.21.22 | fixed |
| forky, sid, trixie | 1.22.21 | fixed |
| tar (PTS) | bullseye | 1.34+dfsg-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1 | fixed |
| forky, sid, trixie | 1.35+dfsg-3.1 | fixed |
The information below 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 | woody | (not affected) | | | |
| tar | source | sarge | 1.14-2.1 | | DSA-987-1 | |
| tar | source | (unstable) | 1.15.1-3 | high | | 354091 |
Notes
- dpkg <not-affected> (has completely different tar implementation)