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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-3645: libarchive (formerly named as bsdtar): Multiple PaX Extension Header Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-3645: libarchive (formerly named as bsdtar): Multiple PaX Extension Header Vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/15/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 2.2.4 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via (1) an end-of-file condition within a tar header that follows a pax extension header or (2) a malformed pax extension header in an (a) PAX or a (b) TAR archive, which results in a NULL pointer dereference, a different issue than CVE-2007-3644.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-arch-libarchive

References

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