debian · CVE-2013-4397

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:58:57 GMT

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CVE-2013-4397 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libtar), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): resolved 2.

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.

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