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TI-2006-00290 Aliases CVE-2006-0300GHSA-v2qx-rhmh-m93w

Buffer overflow in tar 1.14 through 1.15.90 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a…

Priority LOW 31Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05178 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 5

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.14VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.14.1VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.15VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.15.1VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.15.90VulnerableGNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.14 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.14.1 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.15 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.15.1 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.15.90 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2006:0232 Released 2006-03-01 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    tar security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4, tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.i386, tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4, tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4, tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.i386, tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 tar-1.14-9.RHEL4, tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.i386, tar-1.14-9.RHEL4.ia64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0232
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0232
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0232
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0232

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-0300
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v2qx-rhmh-m93w

References

Patch 2

Advisory 14

Other 12

  • TI-2019-07294 pax_decode_header in sparse.c in GNU Tar before 1.32 had a NULL pointer dereference when… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-05412 Directory traversal vulnerability in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar 1.14… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-23920 GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2025-28801 Path traversal in GNU Tar CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.1
  • TI-2005-02406 Tar 1.15.1 does not properly warn the user when extracting setuid or setgid files, which… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2007-04334 Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
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