Description
archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 2.2.4 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via (1) an end-of-file condition within a pax extension header or (2) a malformed pax extension header in an (a) PAX or a (b) TAR archive.
Affected products
- FreeBSD / libarchive2.2.3
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:05.libarchive.asc
- MISChttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970849
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2521
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1455
- MISChttp://security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-07:05/libarchive.patch
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/26050
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24885
- MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35402
- MISChttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-03.xml
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=432924
- MISChttp://osvdb.org/38094
- MISChttp://people.freebsd.org/~kientzle/libarchive/
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/26062
- MISChttp://osvdb.org/38093
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/26355
- MISChttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018379
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/28377
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html