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CVE-2013-4397

Date: October 17, 2013

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (16)

http://secunia.com/advisories/55188
https://lists.feep.net:8080/pipermail/libtar/2013-October/000361.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/55253
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4397
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/10/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/10/6
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1418.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029166
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4397
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040106
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62922
http://repo.or.cz/w/libtar.git/commitdiff/45448e8bae671c2f7e80b860ae0fc0cedf2bdc04
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-4397
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2817
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-4397

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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