9.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2007-3641

Published: 14/07/2007 Updated: 29/07/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 830
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive prior to 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 malicious users 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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Debian Bug report logs - #432924 [CVE-2007-3641, CVE-2007-3644, CVE-2007-3645] various security bugs Package: libarchive1; Maintainer for libarchive1 is (unknown); Reported by: Florian Weimer <fw@denebenyode> Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:18:01 UTC Severity: grave Tags: security Found in version libarchive/223-1 Fixed in ...
Several local/remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in libarchive1, a single library to read/write tar, cpio, pax, zip, iso9660 archives The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2007-3641 It was discovered that libarchive1 would miscompute the length of a buffer resulting in a buffer overfl ...