| Name | CVE-2007-4476 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack." |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1438-1, DSA-1566-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 441444, 449222 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpio (PTS) | bullseye | 2.13+dfsg-7.1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.13+dfsg-7.1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 2.15+dfsg-2 | fixed | |
| tar (PTS) | bullseye | 1.34+dfsg-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1.35+dfsg-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpio | source | etch | 2.6-18.1+etch1 | DSA-1566-1 | ||
| cpio | source | (unstable) | 2.9-5 | low | 449222 | |
| tar | source | sarge | 1.14-2.4 | DSA-1438-1 | ||
| tar | source | etch | 1.16-2etch1 | DSA-1438-1 | ||
| tar | source | (unstable) | 1.18-1 | low | 441444 |