CVE-2006-0300

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.

Published: 2006-02-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-0300 is rated Moderate Risk (47.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.05%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0300

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 18.81% 5.05% -13.76%
2 2025-03-30 28.58% 18.81% -9.77%
3 2025-03-29 — 28.58% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0300

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0300

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-0300

vendor priority summary link
debian high CVE-2006-0300 high priority: Debian including 2 source packages (dpkg, tar), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-0300
gentoo normal CVE-2006-0300: 1 GLSA(s) (200603-06), 1 atom(s) (app-arch/tar); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-0300
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0300
suse medium CVE-2006-0300 severity moderate: SUSE including 13 source package names (tar-1.34-2.2, tar-1.35-1.1, …), 13 product×package rows across 4 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0, SUSE Linux Micro 6.0, SUSE Linux Micro 6.1, openSUSE Tumbleweed): Fixed 13. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0300/
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-0300 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (tar), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-0300

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0300

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu tar 1.14 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu tar 1.14.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu tar 1.15 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu tar 1.15.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu tar 1.15.90 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0300

URL Tags
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2006-02/msg00051.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18973 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18976 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18999 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19016
http://secunia.com/advisories/19093
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130
http://secunia.com/advisories/19152
http://secunia.com/advisories/19236
http://secunia.com/advisories/20042
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/480
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/543
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015705
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-241646-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-987
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-06.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.006-tar.html
http://www.osvdb.org/23371 Patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0232.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430299/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16764
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0010 Vendor Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0684
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2518
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:046 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24855
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5252
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5978
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5993
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6094
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9295
https://usn.ubuntu.com/257-1/
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