CVE-2007-3641
archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 2.2.4 does not properly compute the length of a certain buffer when processing a malformed pax extension header, which allows user-assisted
02 Description
archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 2.2.4 does not properly compute the length of a certain buffer when processing a malformed pax extension header, which allows user-assisted
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-07-14 00:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 14:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-07-09
- Assigning CNA
- freebsd
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 089a30b3e0b027a0d22bab9af0a81f66edf618b11c00fb07e51c846395c02727
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfreebsd-libarchive-pax-bo(35405)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35405
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2521http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2521
- www.debian.orgDSA-1455http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1455
- security.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-07:05.libarchivehttp://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:05.libarchive.asc
- security.freebsd.orghttp://security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-07:05/libarchive.patch
- secunia.com26050http://secunia.com/advisories/26050
- www.securityfocus.com24885http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24885
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200708-03http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-03.xml
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=432924
- osvdb.org38092http://osvdb.org/38092
- people.freebsd.orghttp://people.freebsd.org/~kientzle/libarchive/
- secunia.com26062http://secunia.com/advisories/26062
- secunia.com26355http://secunia.com/advisories/26355
- www.securitytracker.com1018379http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018379
- secunia.com28377http://secunia.com/advisories/28377
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2007:015http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libarchive Fixed in 2.2.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libarchive Fixed in 2.2.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libarchive Fixed in 2.2.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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