CVE-2007-3644

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    CVE-2007-3644

    Published: 14 Jul 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/26050, http://secunia.com/advisories/26062, http://secunia.com/advisories/26355, http://secunia.com/advisories/28377, http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:05.libarchive.asc, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-03.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1455, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2521, http://secunia.com/advisories/26050, http://secunia.com/advisories/26062, http://security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-07:05/libarchive.patch, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24885, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=432924, http://osvdb.org/38093, http://osvdb.org/38094, http://people.freebsd.org/~kientzle/libarchive/, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970849, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018379, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35402

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High