Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 14, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-3644
CVE-2007-3644
Description
archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 2.2.4 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via (1) an end-of-file condition within a pax extension header or (2) a malformed pax extension header in an (a) PAX or a (b) TAR archive.
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Affected products
2- Range: <2.2.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
18- secunia.com/advisories/26050nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/26062nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-07:05/libarchive.patchnvdPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24885nvdPatch
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:05.libarchive.ascnvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970849nvdUS Government Resource
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
- osvdb.org/38093nvd
- osvdb.org/38094nvd
- people.freebsd.org/~kientzle/libarchive/nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/26355nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28377nvd
- 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/35402nvd
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