MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Feb 24, 2006
5.1
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.17%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
tar-0:1.14-9.RHEL4
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0232
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | tar-0:1.14-9.RHEL4 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0232 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.1 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.17% 0.05172
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05172
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.17% (0.05172) | 92.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.05% (0.05053) | 91.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 18.81% (0.18808) | 94.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 28.58% (0.28582) | 94.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 18.81% (0.18808) | 94.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 26.48% (0.26484) | 96.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 27.93% (0.27926) | 96.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 29.40% (0.29401) | 96.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.23% (0.04229) | 87.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.23% (0.04229) | 86.19th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.23% (0.04229) | 69.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (47)
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- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/543 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-987 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-06.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.006-tar.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKG
- http://www.osvdb.org/23371 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16764 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0684 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0300 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617881 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24855 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0300
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5252 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5978 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5993 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6094 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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- https://usn.ubuntu.com/257-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0300
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Feb 24, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 18, 2006
Link CVE-2006-0300
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a