Where
AND
-Infinity
0
Severity
9.3
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

archivereadsupportformattar.c in libarchive before 2.2.4 does not properly compute the length of a certain buffer when processing a malformed pax extension header, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) PAX or (2) TAR archive that triggers a buffer overflow.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
Null Pointer Dereference
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

archivereadsupportformattar.c in libarchive before 2.2.4 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via (1) an end-of-file condition within a tar header that follows a pax extension header or (2) a malformed pax extension header in an (a) PAX or a (b) TAR archive, which results in a NULL pointer dereference, a different issue than CVE-2007-3644.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

archivereadsupportformattar.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.

First published (updated )

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