CVE-2007-3641

libarchive < 2.2.4 - Denial of Service and Possible Remote Code Execution via Malformed Pax Extension Header

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

archive_read_support_format_tar.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.

References (16)

Core 16
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35405
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2521
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1455
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_freebsd
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:05.libarchive.asc
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26050
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24885
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-03.xml
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=432924
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/38092
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://people.freebsd.org/~kientzle/libarchive/
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26062
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26355
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018379
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28377
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html

Scores

EPSS 0.3716
EPSS Percentile 97.2%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
freebsd/libarchive < 2.2.3
Published Jul 14, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026