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GNU Tar and GNU Cpio Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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15 Mar 2010 |
| GNU Tar and GNU Cpio are prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition. This issue affects the following: GNU Tar versions prior to 1.23 GNU Cpio versions prior to 2.11 |
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| Securityfocus.com | |
