CVE-2007-3644 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=432924 http://osvdb.org/38093 http://osvdb.org/38094 http://people.freebsd.org/~kientzle/libarchive/ http://secunia.com/advisories/26050 http://secunia.com/advisories/26062 http://secunia.com/advisories/26355 http://secunia.com/advisories/28377 http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:05.libarchive.asc http://security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-07:05/libarchive.patch http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-03.xml http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1455 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970849 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24885 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018379 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2521 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35402