Debian/tar: unknown

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

Action: Upgrade tar to 1.18-1 or later.

Affected

Fixed versions

Sources

• osv: DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4476#Debian:12/tar
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4476

published 2007-09-05T01:17:00Z · modified 2026-10-21T17:47:44.764553734Z · JSON