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cpio, tar — security advisory
Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."
- Products
- cpio, tar
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.18-1, 2.9-5
- CVEs
- CVE-2007-4476
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4476
cpio
Fixed versions: 2.9-5
cpio
Fixed versions: 2.9-5
cpio
Fixed versions: 2.9-5
tar
Fixed versions: 1.18-1
tar
Fixed versions: 1.18-1
tar
Fixed versions: 1.18-1
Complete source record
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