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CVE-2013-4397

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-189 Numeric Errors
Publication date:
17/10/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the th_read function in lib/block.c in libtar before 1.2.20 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) name or (2) link in an archive, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:feep:libtar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.2.19 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:feep:libtar:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:feep:libtar:1.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:feep:libtar:1.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:feep:libtar:1.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:feep:libtar:1.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:feep:libtar:1.2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:feep:libtar:1.2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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