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The libarchive library in FreeBSD 6-STABLE after 2006-09-05 and before 2006-11-08 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed archive that causes libarchive to skip a region past the actual end of the archive, which triggers an infinite loop that attempts to read more data.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade libarchive | Jul 30, 2024 | Nov 9, 2006 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade libarchive | Dec 10, 2025 | Feb 26, 2007 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libarchive13Upgrade libarchive2Upgrade bsdtarUpgrade libarchive-devel | Aug 9, 2024 | Jun 28, 2013 |
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