CVE-2007-3641

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-3641
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-07-14 00:30:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-29 01:32:00 UTC
Descriptionarchive_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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Freebsd Libarchive All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#432924 - [CVE-2007-3641, CVE-2007-3644, CVE-2007-3645] various security bugs - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
FreeBSD update for libarchive - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
libarchive pax Extension Header Denial of Service and Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1455-1 libarchive DEBIAN www.debian.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- libarchive (formerly named as bsdtar): Multiple PaX Extension Header Vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - libarchive Tar/Pax Processing Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service or Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
'libarchive' Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-07:05/libarchive.patch MISC security.freebsd.org Patch
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Security Advisory SA28377 - Debian update for libarchive - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
38092 OSVDB osvdb.org
libarchive CONFIRM people.freebsd.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Gentoo update for libarchive - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
FreeBSD-SA-07:05.libarchive FREEBSD security.freebsd.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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