CVE-2007-3645

Summary

CVECVE-2007-3645
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerfreebsd
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-07-15 21:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionarchive_read_support_format_tar.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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Freebsd Libarchive All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FreeBSD update for libarchive - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
'libarchive' Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
libarchive pax Extension Header Denial of Service and Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
libarchive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 people.freebsd.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:05.libarchive.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.freebsd.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- libarchive (formerly named as bsdtar): Multiple PaX Extension Header Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-07:05/libarchive.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.freebsd.org Patch
osvdb.org/38093 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
#432924 - [CVE-2007-3641, CVE-2007-3644, CVE-2007-3645] various security bugs - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Security Advisory SA28377 - Debian update for libarchive - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
osvdb.org/38094 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - libarchive Tar/Pax Processing Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service or Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1455-1 libarchive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Gentoo update for libarchive - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report