CVE - CVE-2007-3641

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-3641	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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BID:24885 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24885 CONFIRM:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=432924 CONFIRM:http://people.freebsd.org/~kientzle/libarchive/ DEBIAN:DSA-1455 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1455 FREEBSD:FreeBSD-SA-07:05.libarchive URL:http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:05.libarchive.asc GENTOO:GLSA-200708-03 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-03.xml MISC:http://security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-07:05/libarchive.patch OSVDB:38092 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/38092~~ (Obsolete source) SECTRACK:1018379 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018379 SECUNIA:26050 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26050 SECUNIA:26062 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26062 SECUNIA:26355 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26355 SECUNIA:28377 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28377 SUSE:SUSE-SR:2007:015 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html VUPEN:ADV-2007-2521 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2521~~ (Obsolete source) XF:freebsd-libarchive-pax-bo(35405) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35405
Assigning CNA
FreeBSD
Date Record Created
20070709	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070709)
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