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Date:      Sat, 11 Aug 2001 03:00:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tod McQuillin <devin@spamcop.net>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   misc/29622: garbage input to -I crashes /usr/bin/tar
Message-ID:  <200108111000.f7BA0ME39677@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         29622
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       garbage input to -I crashes /usr/bin/tar
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Aug 11 03:10:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Tod McQuillin
>Release:        4.3-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD glass.pun-pun.prv 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #7: Wed Jul 25 13:14:39 JST 2001     devin@glass.pun-pun.prv:/usr/src/sys/compile/GLASS  i386

>Description:
Specifying an incorrectly formatted file to /usr/bin/tar's -I option causes the program to crash with a segmentation fault.

I 
>How-To-Repeat:
Run the following command:

tar tIvf /kernel

(nevermind that the command is nonsensical; it should not crash tar)
>Fix:
Unknown; suspect buffer overflow in tar.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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