Denial of Service Vulnerability in libarchive Affecting Multiple Vendors
CVE-2007-3644

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

FreeBSD

Status
Libarchive
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 July 2007

What is CVE-2007-3644?

A vulnerability in libarchive prior to version 2.2.4 can be exploited by remote attackers to induce a denial of service through an infinite loop. This occurs when a malicious PAX or TAR archive contains a malformed pax extension header or an end-of-file condition specifically within the pax extension. Users interacting with such archives could unknowingly trigger this vulnerability, leading to service interruption.

References

http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:05.l...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970849
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2521
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

EPSS Score

13% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2007-3644 : Denial of Service Vulnerability in libarchive Affecting Multiple Vendors