>> Sun Solaris GNU Tar Headers Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Title : Sun Solaris GNU Tar Headers Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2518 CVE ID : CVE-2006-0300
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-09-09
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Sun Solaris, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by an error in GNU tar. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2006-0684
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