Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 14, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-3641
CVE-2007-3641
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.
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Affected products
3- Range: <2.2.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
16- secunia.com/advisories/26050nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/26062nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-07:05/libarchive.patchnvdPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24885nvdPatch
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
- osvdb.org/38092nvd
- people.freebsd.org/~kientzle/libarchive/nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/26355nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28377nvd
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:05.libarchive.ascnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-03.xmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1455nvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.htmlnvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2521nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35405nvd
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