CVE-2007-3644
First published: Sat Jul 14 2007(Updated: )
archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 2.2.4 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via (1) an end-of-file condition within a pax extension header or (2) a malformed pax extension header in an (a) PAX or a (b) TAR archive.
Credit: secteam@freebsd.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Freebsd Libarchive | <=2.2.3 |
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Reference Links
- http://security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-07:05/libarchive.patch
- http://people.freebsd.org/~kientzle/libarchive/
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:05.libarchive.asc
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24885
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018379
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26050
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26062
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-03.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26355
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=432924
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1455
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28377
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970849
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2521
- http://osvdb.org/38093
- http://osvdb.org/38094
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35402
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/author
- agent/weakness
- agent/description
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/remedy
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/freebsd
- canonical/freebsd libarchive
- version/freebsd libarchive/2.2.3