CVE-2007-3645

Publication date 15 July 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libarchive	9.10 karmic	Fixed 2.2.4-1
	9.04 jaunty	Fixed 2.2.4-1
	8.10 intrepid	Fixed 2.2.4-1
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 2.2.4-1
	7.10 gutsy	Fixed 2.2.4-1
	7.04 feisty	Ignored
	6.10 edgy	Ignored
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libarchive	Vendor: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1455

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3645